Susan Glatzer

Susan Glatzer's track record of productions and acquisitions has garnered seven Academy Awards and 19 Academy Award nominations, along with numerous awards at the Cannes, Sundance and Venice film festivals. She has a broad knowledge of the international market and success in developing and producing commercially viable projects for the worldwide marketplace. Serving as Senior Vice President for the Motion Picture Group at Paramount Pictures, Susan concentrated on co-productions and worldwide acquisitions. During her tenure at Paramount, she acquired films for worldwide distribution and brought into the studio and nurtured young writing and directing talent. Ms. Glatzer served as head of the production and acquisitions department for October Films in New York and relocated to Los Angeles to carry out those responsibilities as well as establish and run the company's West Coast office. During her tenure at October Films and USA Films she served as Production Executive on seven films. Among the projects Ms. Glatzer has been involved with are Traffic, Napoleon Dynamite, Secrets & Lies, Narc, Breaking the Waves and High Art. In addition, directors that Susan has worked with include Robert Altman, Albert Brooks, Mike Leigh, Lisa Cholodenko, Joe Carnahan and David Lynch. As a consultant, Ms. Glatzer has developed TV pitches with clients for ABC, Columbia Tri-Star Television, Lionsgate Television, HBO, Showtime and Bravo. Ms. Glatzer has served on the Board of Directors for the International Documentary Association, was a member of IFP's Gotham Awards Committee, a Founding Member of New York Women's Film Festival, a member of the Programming Committee for New York's Channel 13, PBS's flagship station, and a Juror at the AFI Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Hamptons Film Festival. Ms. Glatzer's directorial debut, "Alive and Kicking," a documentary about swing dancing, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2017 by Magnolia Pictures. "Alive and Kicking" was named the film to watch by The New York Times Watching section, received a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was invited to be part of the 2018/19 American Film Showcase, the State Department's diplomacy through cinema program.