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Susan Seidelman is an American film director, producer and writer. She first came to notice with Smithereens (1982), the earliest American independent feature to be screened in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Her next feature Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) co-starred Madonna in her first film. She-Devil (1989) starred Meryl Streep in her first starring comedic film role and Roseanne Barr in her first feature-film role. Seidelman's subsequent films mix comedy with drama, blending genres and pop-cultural references with a focus on women protagonists, particularly outsiders. She also works in television and directed the pilot episode of Sex and the City.
Born
Thursday, 11 December 1952
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! | Self | 2023 |
The '80s Greatest | Self - Director: Desperately Seeking Susan | 2018 |
Generation X | Self - Director, Desperately Seeking Susan | 2016 |
The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One | Self | 2015 |
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | Self | 2013 |
Blank City | Herself | 2011 |
Calling the Shots | Self | 1988 |
50 Years of Action! | Self | 1987 |
Room 666 | Self | 1982 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! | Self | 2023 |
The '80s Greatest | Self - Director: Desperately Seeking Susan | 2018 |
Generation X | Self - Director, Desperately Seeking Susan | 2016 |
The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One | Self | 2015 |
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | Self | 2013 |
Blank City | Herself | 2011 |
Calling the Shots | Self | 1988 |
50 Years of Action! | Self | 1987 |
Room 666 | Self | 1982 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Hot Flashes | 2013 |
Musical Chairs | 2012 |
The Electric Company | 2009 |
Boynton Beach Club | 2005 |
Stella | 2005 |
The Ranch | 2004 |
Power and Beauty | 2002 |
Gaudi Afternoon | 2001 |
Now and Again | 1999 |
A Cooler Climate | 1999 |
Sex and the City | 1998 |
Early Edition | 1996 |
Tales of Erotica | 1996 |
The Dutch Master | 1993 |
She-Devil | 1989 |
Cookie | 1989 |
Making Mr. Right | 1987 |
Desperately Seeking Susan | 1985 |
Smithereens | 1982 |
Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern | 1979 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Hot Flashes | 2013 |
Musical Chairs | 2012 |
Occupant | 2011 |
Boynton Beach Club | 2005 |
Gaudi Afternoon | 2001 |
The Night We Never Met | 1993 |
She-Devil | 1989 |
Cookie | 1989 |
Making Mr. Right | 1987 |
Smithereens | 1982 |
Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern | 1979 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1994 | Oscar | Best Short Film, Live Action | Nominated |