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Jun 18, 2024 · SUSAN SEIDELMAN, a graduate of NYU Grad Film School, began her career in the 1980s when Smithereens became the first American Independent film to be accepted into the Cannes Film Festival. Her next movie, Desperately Seeking Susan, starring Madonna and Rosanna Arquette, was a critical and commercial success.
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Susan Seidelman is an American film director, producer, and writer. She first came to notice with Smithereens (1982), the earliest American independent feature to be screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jun 24, 2024 · Susan Seidelman. Her debut feature, the punk rock drama "Smithereens," was the first American indie to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
Jul 27, 2016 · Seidelman made the film, her first feature (she’d follow it three years later with Desperately Seeking Susan), on a $40,000 budget, in stops and starts.(At one point, there was a hiatus in ...
Biography. A leading figure in both independent and women's filmmaking since the early 1980s, director Susan Seidelman leapt to prominence with her smart, angsty drama "Smithereens" (1982), which paved the way for her greatest screen success, "Desperately Seeking Susan" (1985), featuring Madonna on the cusp of superstardom.
Mar 16, 2021 · For a certain generation of women, director Susan Seidelman ’s second feature, “ Desperately Seeking Susan ,” is a formative text, an indelible record of New York in the ‘80s, from Madonna ...
Oct 11, 2022 · On the latest episode of the It Happened in Hollywood podcast, director Susan Seidelman recalls how the Orion mogul was reluctant to give a future icon a shot: "Oh, look — there's Cyndi Lauper!"
