[6] Bock has also directed notable music videos for Lorde, Grizzly Bear, and Grimes.
[9][7] In 2012, after directing the music video for Grimes' song "Oblivion", Bock withdrew from her study.
[9] Bock was influenced by the music videos of Daft Punk, Radiohead, and the Foo Fighters—directed by Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, and Jonathan Glazer—while growing up.
Emily’s older sister Naomi Bock is also a filmmaker, writer and multimedia producer which provided her with a base of knowledge and artistic influence.
According to Sarah Nicole Prickett of The Globe and Mail, Bock "favours a 'run and gun' style, shooting with precision but not necessarily permission, in locations that feel plucked from memory, and with considerable speed".