Spencer Susser (born 1977) is an
American film director,
screenwriter and
producer.
Susser is the only American member of the Australian filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films.
His short film ''
I Love Sarah Jane'', featuring
Mia Wasikowska
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, won Best Narrative Short at the 2008
Nashville Film Festival
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, the Reel Frontier Merit Award at the
Arizona International Film Festival
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, and the
Canal+
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Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Susser co-wrote the project with
David Michôd
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. In February 2011, it was reported that Susser is developing a feature-length film based on the short.
[
His feature film debut '' Hesher'' stars ]Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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and Natalie Portman
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.[ It appeared at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on May 13, 2011.
Susser co-directed the music video for ]Lana Del Rey
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's song " Summertime Sadness" with Kyle Newman
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.[Official music video for Summertime Sadness on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjsGKrE6E8]
Filmography
Film
Short films
Camera Department
References
External links
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1977 births
American film directors
American male screenwriters
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Jewish American screenwriters
American music video directors
Advertising directors
21st-century American Jews
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