Susan Seidelman

Biography

Born 12/11/1952

In an arid comedy landscape, the films of Susan Seidelman seem like a teeming oasis. Her relentlessly contemporary features are knowing satires that examine contemporary issues of fame, self-fulfillment and relations between the sexes.

Seidelman grew up in a middle-class Philadelphia suburb and...
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Highlights

  • In 1985, Breakthrough feature, "Desperately Seeking Susan"
  • In 1982, Directed first feature, "Smithereens" (first independent American feature to be accepted into competition at Cannes Film Festival
  • Worked at UHF TV station in Philadelphia

Family & Companions

  • siblings: has two older
  • Oscar Seidelman Brett: son (born December 16, 1989; father Jonathan Brett)

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