He is perhaps best known for his viral video "Later That Same Life"[1] (a teaser for the full-length film of the same name, now in pre-production), which featured him at middle age talking to his actual teenaged self.
A paperback copy of this novel was briefly featured in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown as the top book in the Billingsley shopping bag during the dressing room money exchange scene at the Del Amo Mall.
In 2005 Emshwiller helped found DANGERdanger, a comedy improv troupe which performs at such venues as iO West,[10] the Westside Eclectic, and Second City Los Angeles.
[12] His artwork has also appeared in movies such as Star Kid, The Empty Mirror, Hellraiser: Bloodline, and Indictment: The McMartin Trial, as well as episodes of Maybe It's Me, George Lopez, and Arli$$, and many other film and TV projects.
[9] Emshwiller began his film project as a young man, but he said he "avoided completing his piece de resistance for almost 40 years because he felt his life wasn't interesting enough for the boy that he once was.
Slate noted, "The power of the project comes through even in the short clip... with the 56-year-old man reflecting on his career, relationships, and regrets with an ambitious, constantly reacting past self.