Suzanne Luna is an American producer and director best known for ''

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''.

Early life and influences

Luna was born in Queens, NY and raised on Long Island, New York, where she attended

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in Long Island, New York. She then earned a degree at

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with a major in film and television and a minor in French.

Career

Luna is best known for producing ''

''. In 2010, she served as the field segment director on four episodes before producing the series for the following seven years. In 2014, 2015, and 2017, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment for producing and directing the show. She began her career in New York City, where she directed full-length plays on Off-Broadway and

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and served as script supervisor for top commercial directors in both New York and Los Angeles. She then transitioned to filmmaking and began her own directing career. In 2003, Luna was named by ''Boards Magazine'' as "One of the Next 20 Directors to Watch". Jonathan Whitehead stated in an interview, "Suzanne Luna's body of work is all light hearted, tongue in cheek, humor. She has a touch for getting a great performance and good comedic timing out of a talent performance project." In 2013, Unperfect Productions, the all-female production company formed by Suzanne Luna and Johanna Stein, produced the 24-episode series ''Life of Mom with Johanna Stein'' for

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. In 2014, they produced the viral video ''Momhead''. Luna directed and edited the 2014 viral comedy video ''Momhead''. It received over 2.7 million views on YouTube and was featured on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''The Doctors''. In 2016, they produced the 18-episode series '' JoJoHead'' in collaboration with

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' Blue Ribbon Content digital studio, for which Luna served as director and executive producer. The show features comedic vignettes about the life of an everyday woman and is a prequel to ''Momhead''. Both ''Momhead'' and ''JoJoHead'' were filmed from a bird's eye view using a GoPro camera on top of Stein's head. '' JoJoHead'' was released on

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's streaming platform, in 2016. It was also promoted through weekly Instagram Stories on the CW Seed's Instagram account. That same year, Unperfect Productions also produced ''One in a Million'', a

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to raise awareness about domestic violence. In 2017, Luna produced ''It's Illogical'', a series of

s that highlight the illogicality of sexual assault. The series was produced by 101-North for It's On Us, the organization created by Joe Biden to stop sexual assault. The spots received over 15 million views globally.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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External links

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show Official Site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luna, Suzanne Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television producers American film producers American women film producers American women television producers American television directors American film directors American women film directors American women television directors Daytime Emmy Award winners The Ellen DeGeneres Show Adelphi University alumni Lynbrook Senior High School alumni