Susan Sandler is an American writer and currently a professor at

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's Tisch School of the Arts. She has numerous writing credits but is probably best known for her play ''

Crossing Delancey ''Crossing Delancey'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert. Joan Micklin Silver directed it, drawing upon a play by Susan Sandler, who also wrote the screenplay. The film also features performances from ...

'', which she also adapted into a film with the same name starring

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and directed by Joan Micklin Silver.

Screenplays/Teleplays

*''

'' (based on her original play) *''Friends at Last'' (starring

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) - CBS *''Love Invents Us'' (based on the novel by Amy Bloom) - Sarah Green Productions *''The Florence Greenberg Story'' (starring

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) - TNT *''A Lesson in Love'' - Grossbart-Barnett *''Flying in Peace'' -

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*''Cost of Living'' - Hallmark Channel *''Lonelyville'' -

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*''I Slept for Science'' - Scott Rudin Productions *''Glitter Girls'' - Jersey Films *''Too Many Cooks'' -

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*''Funny That Way'' -

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Plays

*''

'' *''Under the Bed'' - premiered at The Caldwell Theatre *''The Renovation'' - ( Actors Theatre of Louisville)

Off Broadway

*''The Moaner'' - directed by Dennie Gordon *''Kinfolks and Mountain Music'' - based on the stories of

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*''Tots'' - Ensemble Studio Theatre (Sandler also directed)

References

External links

Sandler's NYU biography
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