Spotlight: Sustaining a Career and How to Cross Over from TV to Film with Susanna Fogel (CAT PERSON)
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Susanna Fogel's new film Cat Person will have its World Premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. Susanna is well known in the indie and episodic space as a director, screenwriter, and novelist. Susanna's prior work includes co-writing Booksmart and directing and co-writing The Spy Who Dumped Me. Her many accolades include a DGA Award and nominations for the BAFTA Film Award, the Primetime Emmy Awards and the WGA Awards. For the Spotlight event, Susanna will discuss her creative process in making Cat Person and her success in sustaining a career by working across a variety of media platforms.
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Susanna Fogel
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Susanna Fogel is a filmmaker whose feature credits include Booksmart (WGA / BAFTA nominee), Cat Person, and The Spy Who Dumped Me. In television, Susanna co-created and directed Ponies for Peacock starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, and directed the pilots for HBO’s The Flight Attendant (DGA award winner), Amazon's The Wilds, and A Small Light for Disney+ (Gotham Award Winner).