Talent Guide

Susan Glatzer

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Producing Lab 2007

Bio

Susan Glatzer’s track record of productions and acquisitions has garnered seven Academy Awards and 19 Academy Awards 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 from 2001-2005, Glatzer concentrated on co-productions and worldwide acquisitions. During her tenure at Paramount, she brought into the studio and nurtured young writing and directing talent such as Joe Carnahan, Jared Hess, and Mike White.

Glatzer became head of the production and acquisitions department for October Films in 1995 and the following year 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 Glatzer has been involved with are Traffic, Napoleon Dynamite, Secrets & Lies, Narc, Breaking the Waves, and High Art. In addition, directors that Glatzer has worked with include Robert Altman, Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Michael Moore, and David Lynch. As a consultant, Glatzer has developed TV pitches with clients for ABC, Columbia Tri-Star Television, Lionsgate Television, HBO, Showtime, and Bravo.

Current Project

Eva & Me (Narrative Feature)

Logline

The woman who owned the car that famous bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died in goes to Louisiana to claim it from a greedy sheriff, and in the process rediscovers her zest for life.