Autumn de Wilde

Autumn de Wilde (born October 21, 1970) is an American photographer and film director best known for her portraiture and commercial work photography of musicians, as well as her music video works. In 2020 she directed her first feature film, Emma. Early life De Wilde was born on October 21, 1970, in Woodstock, New York. Her father, Jerry de Wilde, is an art and commercial photographer most noted for his photos of Jimi Hendrix and other musicians at the Monterey Pop Festival, and other icons of the 1960s. She was raised in Los Angeles, California, with her younger brother. Her mother, Mary, lived in England, prompting De Wilde's fascination with English culture as a self-proclaimed Anglophile. This led to her debut film, Emma, based on the novel by Jane Austen of the same name. She studied theater at Los Angeles City College, and was informally taught photography by her father.