Susan started her film career in 1978 from the lowest rung, an office driver. Fifteen years later, she was a Line Producer on features. In between, she learned the nuts and bolts of real filmmaking, working on many Canadian feature films as a sound recordist, sound editor, picture editor and Post-Production Supervisor. She made the move to production management and TV simultaneously, working on the first English prime time TV series shot in Montreal, 1on to Line Producer two Feature Films.
After starting her family, it was time to step back and create a way to work on her own terms. In 1994 she pioneered the field of Professional Representation in Montreal by starting Blitz Management with one Director of Photography. It has been a thriving enterprise for 14 years with clients including Directors, Directors of Photography, Producers, Production Designers and Writers.
Susan has also created a television series optioned by Malofilm and developed in conjunction with Malo-Behaviour Films and co-writer, Leila Basen. The Montreal based company CineGroupe later optioned “Time Cruiser”. The rights have currently reverted to the Partnership of Schneir-Basen.
In her former partnership, Tribute Films (2005-2007), Susan’s responsibility in Business affairs lead them to access development financing for its various projects from SODEC, Telefilm, HGF, CTV Cogeco, Corus Entertainment, Telefilm Canada and Film New Brunswick. Susan has taken her personal projects through Tribute Films and moved them to Suki Films Inc. Where she has been developing and producing independent feature films.
Her latest film "Darwin" is just completing post production and looking towards a spring 2016 release
Darwin
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by Benjamin Duffield (Sci-Fi)
Producer In an oppressive future, where everyone's only contact is their computer, one lonely young man is forced to venture forth in search of human contact.
The Good Lie
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by Shawn Linden (Thriller)
Producer Framed within a series of strange campfire tales, THE GOOD LIE tells the story of Cullen, a young college student. Upon the sudden death of his mother, he discovers that he is the product of a violent rape, which put his young mother in critical condition, and her attacker - a lifelong criminal named Rose - in prison. Cullen goes to the prison to confront the man, and is shocked to hear that Rose was released the previous year. Cullen resolves to track down his sinister biological father, and learns that the truth can be far more bizarre than anything told around a campfire... Written by Filmoption International
The High Cost of Living
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by Deborah Chow (Drama)
Producer The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels,Nathalie finds an unlikely protector in Henry, a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But Henry is not quite the angel he seems... Written by anonymous
Banshee
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by Kari Skogland (Crime, Drama and Thriller)
Producer A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car back, and wants Sage dead. Sage also deals with treacherous fellow criminals, and a cop who wants her in jail, or wants into her pants (he hasn't decided yet). Written by fgunther, Brooklyn, NY
Cursed
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by Mychel Arsenault (Horror)
Producer, Production manager When a gargoyle falls off a church during a storm, a scientist and his assistant take it back to their lab, where they are doing genetic experiments. However, the gargoyle is possessed by an evil spirit and starts to interfere in their experiments. Written by Anonymous
Power Games
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by Mychel Arsenault (Action and Thriller)
Producer A group of teenagers training for the national Power Commando championship games mistakenly find themselves on land owned by drug merchants. With only harmless paint bullets as their weapons, they must match their skills against live ammunition and the ruthless men behind it. Written by Amanda Lowe <daro@meditnet.com>
The Jeweller's Shop
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by Michael Anderson (Drama, Mystery and Romance)
Miscellaneous Crew Based on a play by Pope John Paul II about couples who have reached either the hight or a crisis in their relationships. Their stories are connected by the local jeweler's shop.
Nowhere to Hide
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by Mario Azzopardi (Action and Thriller)
Editor Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public with this, Rob is killed on the orders of corrupt General Howard, who did not want Rob to go public with the defective part. Howard believes that Barbara, who is also a marine, now has the part, so Howard and his henchmen set out to kill Barbara and Johnny and get the part, but Howard is underestimating what Barbara is willing to do to protect Johnny. Written by Todd Baldridge
The Boy in Blue
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by Charles Jarrott (Biography, Drama and Sport)
Editorial department Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat." Written by Greg Doyle
Half a Lifetime
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by Daniel Petrie (Drama)
Editor A regular night of poker among for friends turns into a night full of conflict, accusations and self-examinations.
Murder in Space
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by Steven Hilliard Stern (Mystery, Sci-Fi and Thriller)
Editorial department Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing the other crew members. Written by Bob Summers <bsummers@telepath.com>
The Surrogate
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by Don Carmody (Drama and Thriller)
Editorial department Frank and Lee have marital problems: he's been impotent for 18 months, she alternates between sympathy and criticism. His temper gets the best of him, so he's seeing a psychotherapist who finds the anger and the impotence related. She recommends that Frank and Lee hire a mysterious European woman to lead them through fantasies intended to unlock passion and help them heal. At the same time this is going on, the police are investigating a series of stabbings: as corpses pile up, we wonder if Frank's temper may be behind this; or perhaps it's Eric, a cross-dressing neighbor and friend of Lee's; it may even be the European woman, who keeps popping up with new fantasies. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Ups & Downs
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by Paul Almond (Comedy)
Sound department
Happy Birthday to Me
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by J. Lee Thompson (Horror, Mystery and Thriller)
Sound department Virginia Wainwright is a spirited young woman who has returned to a private school having survived a deadly accident and regenerative brain surgery. She is proud that she belongs to the Top Ten - the school's inner circle with the best students - and attempts to resume a normal life. But her friends are falling prey to a grueling series of murders, and soon there will be no one left to attend her 18th birthday party. Could it be her? Striving to rekindle the memory of her nightmarish accident, Virginia suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. We soon learn the horrible truth behind her accident and what is going on before her birthday party... Written by Joseph Henson <gzr@cdc.net>