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Susan Emshwiller Biography ((?)-)

Born in Levittown, NY; daughter of Ed (an avantgarde filmmaker) and Carol (anovelist; maiden name, Fried) Emshwiller; sister of Peter Emshwiller (a set dresser); married Chris Coulson (an actor).

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Set decorator, set dresser, set director, art director, production designer, writer, director, actress

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Set Decorator
• The Kindred, FM Home Video, 1986
• Wired, Taurus Entertainment Company, 1989
• Gleaming the Cube, 1989
• The Player, Fine Line, 1992
• (As Susan J. Emshwiller) Short Cuts, Fine Line, 1993
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial, 1995
• (As Susan J. Emshwiller) Kansas City, Fine Line, 1996
• (As Susan J. Emshwiller) Cookie's Fortune, October Films, 1999
• Two Can Play That Game, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
• The Good Girl, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002
• (U.S. crew) Calendar Girls, Buena Vista, 2003
• Spartan, Warner Bros., 2004
• Film Work
• Set dresser, Tuff Turf, New World Pictures, 1985
• Set dresser, Runaway Train, Canon, 1985
• Set design, Basic Training, 1985
• Art director and production designer, Sorority House Massacre, Concorde Pictures, 1987
• Set director, Russkies, 1987
• Set decorator assistant (Yugoslavia), A Time of Destiny, 1988
• Production designer, Till There Was You, Sovereign Pictures, 1990
• Set director, The Player, Fine Line, 1992
• Also worked as director, The Desk Soldier; director, Mother's Day Teaser.
• Film Appearances
• Detective Broom, The Player, Fine Line, 1992
• Television Set Decorator
• Miniseries
• (As Susan J. Emshwiller; in Los Angeles) Blonde (also known as Marilyn Monroe), CBS, 2001
• Movies
• The Summer My Father Grew Up, NBC, 1991
• Past Tense, Showtime, 1991
• Replacing Dad, CBS, 1999
• Television Art Decorator
• Specials
• Testing Dirty, ABC, 1991
• Stage Director
• Directed Brush Strokes and productions at MET Theater, the Friendsand Artists Theater, the Loretta Theater, the Industry Showcase, and the Gardner Theater.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (As Susan J. Emshwiller) Pollock, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000
• Also wrote Dogtown; Hole in the Day; A Few Days with Me; Mother's Day; Cowboy Fiction; Cement Shoes; Burger World; Blind Sight; The Furnace.