Susan Cohen
Encyclopedia
Susan Cohen is an independent film producer, screenwriter and film director.
In 2007, she was one of eight women selected from over 200 applicants to attend the American Film Institute's
Directing Workshop for Women where she directed her first short film Open Your Eyes
.
Open Your Eyes was the winner of the 2008 American Film Institute
Jean Picker Firstenberg
Award for Excellence, Best Short Film at the Anchorage International Film Festival 2008, Best Drama, Best Film, and Best Actress for Traci Dinwiddie
at the Beverly Hills Shorts Festival 2009. Ms. Cohen won The Alexis Award for Most Promising Student Filmmakerat the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2008 and Best Director at both the Canada International Film Festival 2009 and Beverly Hills Shorts Festival 2009. Most recently Open Your Eyes was awarded The Jim DeMulling Speak Out Award and Honorable Mention for Best Narrative at the 42nd Humboldt Film Festival 2009 and is one of 19 films worldwide nominated for Best Short Film at the Milan International Film Festival 2009
Open Your Eyes was Ms. Cohen's first foray as a writer and director. She is also the producer of the award-winning short films Fueling the Fire and "Animated American", the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival finalist Fortune Teller, and the DWW short film Laying Down Arms.
In 2007, she was one of eight women selected from over 200 applicants to attend the American Film Institute's
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
Directing Workshop for Women where she directed her first short film Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes (short film)
- Synopsis :Struggling to come to terms with her life and husband after breast cancer, Julia gets more than she bargained for when she attends a bridal shower and finds herself locked in a bathroom with Kat - the frank-talking sister of the bride-to-be...
.
Open Your Eyes was the winner of the 2008 American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
Jean Picker Firstenberg
Jean Picker Firstenberg
Jean Picker Firstenberg has been the CEO and Director of the American Film Institute since 1980 till her retirement in 2007. After studying at Mount Holyoke College, she attended Boston University, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 1958....
Award for Excellence, Best Short Film at the Anchorage International Film Festival 2008, Best Drama, Best Film, and Best Actress for Traci Dinwiddie
Traci Dinwiddie
Traci Dinwiddie is an American film and television actress.-Biography:Dinwiddie was born in Anchorage, Alaska of Syrian and Cherokee descent. She has appeared in films including Summer Catch , Black Knight , The Notebook and End of the Spear , and Mr. Brooks...
at the Beverly Hills Shorts Festival 2009. Ms. Cohen won The Alexis Award for Most Promising Student Filmmakerat the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2008 and Best Director at both the Canada International Film Festival 2009 and Beverly Hills Shorts Festival 2009. Most recently Open Your Eyes was awarded The Jim DeMulling Speak Out Award and Honorable Mention for Best Narrative at the 42nd Humboldt Film Festival 2009 and is one of 19 films worldwide nominated for Best Short Film at the Milan International Film Festival 2009
Open Your Eyes was Ms. Cohen's first foray as a writer and director. She is also the producer of the award-winning short films Fueling the Fire and "Animated American", the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival finalist Fortune Teller, and the DWW short film Laying Down Arms.
External links
- Susan's films (as Producer) at IMDbInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
: - AFI’s Directing Workshop For Women Showcase At Harmony Gold Theatre (Press Release)