Work

After more than two decades of making numerous shorts, providing animated segments for documentaries such as Blue Vinyl

Blue Vinyl

Blue Vinyl is a 2002 documentary film directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand. With a lighthearted tone, the film follows one woman's quest for an environmentally sound cladding for her parents' house in Merrick, Long Island, New York...

 and the musical feature Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hubley made her first feature, The Toe Tactic. The Toe Tactic had its theatrical premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in January 2009 and was released on DVD by Kino International. The cast includes Lily Rabe, Daniel London, Kevin Corrigan, Sakina Jaffrey, Novella Nelson, Mary Kay Place and Jane Lynch. Extensive voiceovers for the animated characters were provided by Eli Wallach, Marian Seldes, Andrea Martin, jazz musician Don Byron and comedian David Cross, The music was written and performed by Yo La Tengo.
Her hand-drawn films explore personal memory and the turbulence of emotional life. Among Hubley's shorts are Octave, Pigeon Within, Her Grandmother's Gift (in collaboration with her mother Faith), The Tower (in collaboration with her sister Georgia), and Delivery Man. In 2010, she completed a series of animated pieces for Motherhood: Out Loud, a new play presented at Hartford Stage in February — March 2010. Other animated sequences were provided by Hubley and Jeremiah Dickey to the documentary Everything’s Cool by Judith Helfand & Dan Gold, and The Boy In The Bubble by Barak Goodman & John Maggio. Her company, Hubbub Inc, also created short form series for the cable networks Nickelodeon and Lifetime.

Other projects have included work for Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler directed by Emily and Sarah Kunstler and What's On Your Plate? directed by Catherine Gund.
A daughter of pioneer animators Faith

Faith Hubley

Faith Hubley was an animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and on her own following her husband's death.-Biography:...

 and John Hubley

John Hubley

John Hubley was an American animation director, art director, producer and writer of traditional animation films known for both his formal experimentation and for his emotional realism which stemmed from his tendency to cast his own children as voice actors in his films.- Biography :Hubley was...

, Emily worked on Faith Hubley's films at The Hubley Studio, Inc. from 1977 to 2001.