Susan Cartsonis is an American film producer and the president of
Storefront Pictures. She produced ''
Firelight
''Firelight'' is a 1997 period romance film written and directed by William Nicholson and starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. Written by William Nicholson, the film is about a woman who agrees to bear the child of an anonymous English ...
'', ''
Where the Heart Is'', ''
What Women Want
''What Women Want'' is a 2000 American romantic fantasy comedy film written by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa, and Diane Drake, directed by Nancy Meyers, and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
The film earned mixed reviews from critics but wa ...
'', ''
Aquamarine'', ''
Beastly
''Beastly'' is a 2007 novel by Alex Flinn. It is a retelling of the fairytale ''Beauty and the Beast'' set in modern-day New York City from the view of the beast. Flinn researched many versions of the ''Beauty and the Beast'' story to write her ...
'', and ''
Carrie Pilby
''Carrie Pilby'' is a coming-of-age novel by Caren Lissner, first published by Red Dress Ink in 2003, then re-released on July 1, 2010 for teenage readers under the new imprint Harlequin Teen. It was among the first novels published by Harlequi ...
'', and was the executive producer of ''
The Mistress of Spices
''The Mistress of Spices'' is a 2005 American romantic drama film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the 1997 novel '' Mistress of Spices'' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Aishwa ...
'' and ''
No Reservations''. In 2000, she was named one of the top five grossing producers of the year by ''The Hollywood Reporter.'', She is President of Wind Dancer Films. She is also Senior Vice President at 20th Century Fox.
Susan is a faculty member within the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing program at
Wilkes University
Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full and part-time). Wilkes was founded in 1933 as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, and bec ...
in
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the secon ...
,
PA.
Education
She received her MFA in dramatic writing from NYU (1984) and a bachelor of arts in theatre from UCLA.,
The Miracle on Washington Square: New York University - Joan Marans Dim
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Filmography
She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
;Thanks
Television
References
External links
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Storefront Pictures
American film producers
Living people
American women film producers
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
UCLA Film School alumni
Businesspeople from Pittsburgh
Year of birth missing (living people)
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