Susan Emshwiller
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Susan Emshwiller

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SUSAN EMSHWILLER was raised in Levittown on Long Island, N.Y., by writer Carol Emshwiller and sci-fi illustrator, avant-guard filmmaker Ed Emshwiller.

Susan got her BFA from Syracuse University in painting and printmaking, and her Masters from California Institute of the Arts where she studied film, mentored by Alexander Mackendrick (“Man in the White Suit,” “Sweet Smell of Success”).

In Los Angeles, her “day job” for many years was set decorator, working with David Mamet, Michael Apted, Graeme Clifford, and notably with Robert Altman on “The Player,” (in which she is a featured actress) “Short Cuts,” “Kansas City,” and “Cookie's Fortune.”

She has written and directed several plays including critically acclaimed and award-winning "Brushstokes," inspired by paintings of Edward Hopper. Her play "Dominoes" is was published by the Dramatists Play Service, and “Defrosting Popsicles” by Playscripts.

Susan has written many screenplays on spec and for hire; most notably— co-writer of the Academy-Award winning film “Pollock” for actor/director Ed Harris.

She has written and directed short films, PSAs, music videos, and commercials. Susan’s feature film, “In the Land of Milk and Money,” a wild social satire, garnered awards and rave reviews at festivals in the US and internationally.

Emshwiller has written novels THAR SHE BLOWS, ALL MY ANCESTORS HAD SEX, and ASHES TO HUEVOS. Her short stories and poems can be found in the collection HOPE IS A THING THAT'S MOLTING as well as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Independent Ink Magazine, Black Heart Magazine, Gone Lawn, Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine, and Anchala Studios Flash Fiction.

She has taught play and screenwriting at North Carolina State University, OLLI at Duke, the Met Theatre in Los Angeles, and in conferences and festivals around the country.
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