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Susan Seidelman is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor American born on 11 december 1952 at Philadelphia (USA)

Susan Seidelman

Susan Seidelman
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 december 1952 (71 years) at Philadelphia (USA)

Susan Seidelman (born December 11, 1952, Philadelphia) is an American film and television director, producer and writer.

Best films

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
(Director)

Usually with

Richard Hell
Richard Hell
(2 films)
Joey Dedio
Joey Dedio
(1 films)
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Susan Seidelman (15 films)

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Actress

Room 666
Room 666 (1982)
, 50minutes
Directed by Wim Wenders
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Steven Spielberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mike De Leon
Roles Self
Rating65% 3.2940153.2940153.2940153.2940153.294015
Durant le festival de Cannes en 1982, Wim Wenders a invité les cinéastes présents à se rendre tour à tour dans la chambre 666 de l'hôtel Martinez et à mettre en marche la caméra et le magnétophone qu'il y avait placés pour répondre à une seule question : «le cinéma est-il un langage en train de se perdre, un art qui va mourir ? ».

Director

The Hot Flashes
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, Wanda Sykes, Eric Roberts, Mark Povinelli
Rating51% 2.5511252.5511252.5511252.5511252.551125
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, and become a national media sensation.
Musical Chairs
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Leah Pipes, E.J. Bonilla, Priscilla Lopez, Laverne Cox, Auti Angel, Joey Dedio
Rating57% 2.8558852.8558852.8558852.8558852.855885
The story takes place entirely in New York. Armando (E. J. Bonilla) works part-time at his parents' restaurant and is also a custodian at a dance studio, where he secretly practices dance moves. He befriends the beautiful Mia Franklin (Leah Pipes), a dancer who is having a relationship with the studio's owner Daniel (Philip Willingham). She catches Armando dancing alone, likes what she sees, gives him a few tips, and they dance together briefly, but are discovered by Daniel. Trying to avoid an awkward situation, Mia leaves. When Armando realizes that Mia has left her scarf behind, he calls out to her from the studio's second floor window.
Boynton Beach Club, 1h44
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brenda Vaccaro, Dyan Cannon, Joseph Bologna, Michael Nouri, Sally Kellerman, Len Cariou
Rating64% 3.244283.244283.244283.244283.24428
Marilyn (Brenda Vaccaro) is a woman unexpectedly plunged into grief when her otherwise healthy husband is killed by a woman (Renée Taylor) backing her car out of a driveway. She is introduced to the Boynton Beach Bereavement Club by Lois (Dyan Cannon), a talkative and flirtatious decorator who also serves as the club's unofficial social director.
The Ranch
The Ranch (2004)

Directed by Susan Seidelman
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Amy Madigan, Ty Olsson, Bonnie Root, Jessica Collins, Nicki Micheaux, Carly pope
Rating51% 2.555392.555392.555392.555392.55539
The film takes place at a professional bordello in Nevada, where prostitution is somewhat legal, the sex workers employed there and the clients that frequent it.
She-Devil
She-Devil (1989)
, 1h39
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers
Actors Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles, Doris Belack
Rating57% 2.8520052.8520052.8520052.8520052.852005
Ruth is a frumpy, overweight wife and mother, who tries desperately to please her husband Bob, an accountant trying to boost his business. After Bob meets Mary Fisher, a romance novelist, at a dinner party, they begin an affair. Ruth, aware of the affair, confronts Bob while his parents are visiting, and Bob leaves her. As he packs his suitcase, he says his assets are his home, his family, his career, and his freedom. Angry, Ruth vows revenge on him and Mary. Ruth writes a list titled "Bob's Assets", with the four assets that Bob stated. She crosses off each one when it is destroyed. With Bob away at Mary's and the kids at school, she sets the house on fire, which is destroyed in a gigantic explosion. She drops the children off with Bob (now living with Mary) and tells him that she will not be returning. However, she is still working behind the scenes to destroy Bob's remaining assets. It is revealed that Bob's second asset, his family, is being destroyed, too, as Mary's selfish refusal to learn how to be a mother causes tension in her relationship with Bob.
Cookie
Cookie (1989)
, 1h34
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Michael Vincenzo Gazzo, Emily Lloyd, Jerry Lewis, Bob Gunton
Rating54% 2.7026752.7026752.7026752.7026752.702675
Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost time with his daughter.
Making Mr. Right, 1h35
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors John Malkovich, Dean Cain, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Christina Cox, Ben Masters
Rating54% 2.749592.749592.749592.749592.74959
Jeff Peters (John Malkovich) is an emotionally repressed scientist who can't stand others because of their intellectual inferiority. He dreams of deep space exploration, which would be difficult because of the lack of human contact for long periods of time. He develops the Ulysses android (which looks exactly like him) for the purpose of space exploration, since an android would not be affected by the isolation.
Desperately Seeking Susan, 1h44
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Madonna, Robert Joy, Mark Blum, Laurie Metcalf
Rating60% 3.049773.049773.049773.049773.04977
Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) is an unfulfilled suburban housewife living in Fort Lee, New Jersey who is fascinated with a woman she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of a New York City tabloid. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" seeks a rendezvous in Battery Park with the man who regularly seeks her. Roberta goes to Battery Park too, sees the woman (Madonna), and in a series of events involving mistaken identity, amnesia, and other farcical elements, Roberta goes from voyeur to participant in an Alice in Wonderland–style plot, ostensibly motivated by the search for a pair of stolen Egyptian earrings. With both of them trying to locate Roberta, her husband becomes involved with the wild Susan.
Smithereens, 1h29
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Richard Hell, Amos Poe, Cookie Mueller, Chris Noth, Roma Maffia, John Doe
Rating66% 3.3484253.3484253.3484253.3484253.348425
Smithereens is the story of Wren (Susan Berman), an independent spirit from New Jersey trying to self-promote herself into the New York punk scene. She meets Paul (Brad Rijn), who ran away from Montana and lives out of his van in a parking lot. Paul seems to offer genuine friendship, however, Wren is only interested in forming meaningless relationships in hopes of bolstering her nonexistent career. She has no musical talents or industry skills, yet she aggressively pursues a pathetic spot for herself in places like the Peppermint Lounge. She drops Paul for Eric (Richard Hell, who also performs on the musical score), who has a record deal, and they work out a plan to escape to California, which requires Wren to pose as a prostitute in order to scam money from a prospective john. Things don't work out, and Wren finds herself hitting one wall after another, eventually getting kicked out of her apartment. With no place to go, Wren seeks out everyone she knows in the city, only to find herself left alone.

Scriptwriter

Boynton Beach Club, 1h44
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brenda Vaccaro, Dyan Cannon, Joseph Bologna, Michael Nouri, Sally Kellerman, Len Cariou
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.244283.244283.244283.244283.24428
Marilyn (Brenda Vaccaro) is a woman unexpectedly plunged into grief when her otherwise healthy husband is killed by a woman (Renée Taylor) backing her car out of a driveway. She is introduced to the Boynton Beach Bereavement Club by Lois (Dyan Cannon), a talkative and flirtatious decorator who also serves as the club's unofficial social director.
Smithereens, 1h29
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Richard Hell, Amos Poe, Cookie Mueller, Chris Noth, Roma Maffia, John Doe
Roles Story
Rating66% 3.3484253.3484253.3484253.3484253.348425
Smithereens is the story of Wren (Susan Berman), an independent spirit from New Jersey trying to self-promote herself into the New York punk scene. She meets Paul (Brad Rijn), who ran away from Montana and lives out of his van in a parking lot. Paul seems to offer genuine friendship, however, Wren is only interested in forming meaningless relationships in hopes of bolstering her nonexistent career. She has no musical talents or industry skills, yet she aggressively pursues a pathetic spot for herself in places like the Peppermint Lounge. She drops Paul for Eric (Richard Hell, who also performs on the musical score), who has a record deal, and they work out a plan to escape to California, which requires Wren to pose as a prostitute in order to scam money from a prospective john. Things don't work out, and Wren finds herself hitting one wall after another, eventually getting kicked out of her apartment. With no place to go, Wren seeks out everyone she knows in the city, only to find herself left alone.