SUZIE PHILIPPOT

DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM - 2021

A young woman returns to her childhood sweetheart after a long separation, but the deadly secret she hides might be more powerful than love.

CHICAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2021: OFFICIAL SELECTION, AWARDS: Nominated for Best Director: Short Film

SHOCKFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2021: OFFICIAL SELECTION, AWARDS: Golden Stake Award, Nominated for Best Cinematography: Short Film

DP: Dylan Chapgier

Written By: Sam Morgan, Story By: Suzie Philippot & Sam Morgan

Starring: Aiden Arthur, Annalise Basso, Ellie Culp and Sam Morgan

DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - 2018

“til i turn blue” by Frogi OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

Director: Suzie Philippot

Director of Photography: Colin Shepard | www.colinshepard.com | Instagram: @colin_shepard

Animator: Marie Alpé | www.mariealpe.co.uk | Email: mariealpe@yahoo.com | Twitter: @mariealpe

Actors:

frogi

David Mårtensson: Instagram: @vud_music

Follow frogi:

Spotify: Frogi Spotify

Soundcloud: Frogi Soundcloud

Instagram: @frogimakesmusic

Song:

Written by frogi and Jake Justice

Produced by frogi

Additional piano by Jonah Smith

Additional production and mixing by Adam Moseley

Mastered by Riley Knapp

DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - 2018

“King Size Bed” by Kaitlin Huwe OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

Directed by Suzie Philippot

Cinematography & Edited by Ryan Forsythe

Featuring Dash Pepin

Choreography by Sydney Mason

Production Design, Hair and Makeup by Suzie Philippot

Wardrobe Design by Britney Campbell

Music by Kaitlin Huwe

Music Produced and Mixed by Edan Freiberger

Music Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge NYC, assisted by Chris Allgood

Special Thanks to Dora Pereli and Wes Haze

Produced by LandLady Productions

in association with Coffee&Leather and FMRL Films

PRODUCTION DESIGNER - MUSIC VIDEO - 2018

A girl wakes up alone in bed. Feeling lonely, she lights a candle to manifest love. Sara appears and guides her through a psychedelic, blindfolded experience of her five senses.

Director: Erica Ortiz

DP: Edward Tran

Producer: Courtney Limbaugh

Production Designer: Suzie Philippot

Talent: Sara Silva, Ciena Nelson

Music: Kiki Diago

Manager: Jewel Steele

1st Camera Assistant: Abigail Perez

Grip/ Gaffer: Jeremy Escadero

CO-PRODUCER - FEATURE FILM - (2019)

A young American real estate agent of Middle Eastern descent is framed by his co-workers in the wake of the September 11 attacks and sent to prison at Guantanamo Bay. Thirteen years later, he returns to Los Angeles under a false identity to exact revenge. A 21st Century adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo.

Directors: Michael Basha, Chateau Bezerra, Maria De Sanctis, Sarah Gross, Reeyaz Habib, Sadé Clacken Joseph, Christina Yr. Jun, Julia Kennedy, Sohil Vaidya

Starring: Ethan Rains, Sprague Grayden, Michelle Lukes, Mary Apick, Max Decker, Jeremy Glazer, Peter Greene

Producers: David R. Liu, Miriam Arghandiwal

Executive Producers: Jennifer Howell, John Watson, Jenna Cavelle

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FESTIVALS: Newport Beach Film Festival 2020 Official Selection, Cinequest Film Festival 2020 Official Selection, Heartland Film Festival 2019 Official Selection

PRODUCER - FEATURE FILM - 2019

A film adaptation of four short stories by the American writer William Faulkner, exploring issues of race, gender and class in the early 20th century.

Directors: Arkesh Ajay, Jerell Rosales, Kelly Pike, Marta Savina

DPs: David Kirkeby, Paul Cannon, Marcus Patterson, Teodora Totoiou

Producers: Producers: Ariane Ackerberg, Cecilia Albertini, Juanita Cepero, Aaron Edmonds, Zachary Hamby, Safiya Farquharson, Suzie Philippot, Matt Russak

Executive Producers: James Franco, Jennifer Howell, Vince Jolivette

Production Company: EB Studios, Engaging the Senses, That’s Hollywood, Lee Caplin/Picture Entertainment

FESTIVALS: Nashville Film Festival 2018 World Premiere Official Selection

JustJared: “Amy Smart & Alicia Witt Join 'Mississippi Requiem', James Franco Stills Revealed (Exclusive)”

Variety: “James Franco, Elysium Bandini Set Latest Film Collaboration ‘Mississippi Requiem”

Nashville Film Festival Red Carpet: “The Cast of Mississippi Requiem at the 2018 Nashville Film Festival”

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CO-PRODUCER - FEATURE FILM - 2019

Inmates at a nineteenth century women's mental asylum stage a theatrical production of Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick.'

Directors: Sonia A. Guggenheim, David Breschel, Jenna Cavelle, Luke Haskard, Ariel Heller, Adam Linzey, Matt McClung, Andrew Wood, Uttera Singh, Andrew Wood

DP: Guan Xi

Starring: James Franco, Camilla Belle, Michael Weston, Summer Phoenix, Dominic Rains, Carmen Argenziano, Kai Lennox, Nicole Starratt

Executive Producers: Natasha Barritt, James Franco, Nick Gross, Jennifer Kristen Howell, Vince Jolivette, John Watson

Production Company: EB Studios

US FESTIVAL PREMIERE — HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2017
OFFICIAL SELECTION — WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2017
NOMINATED — HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS 2017
OFFICIAL SELECTION — CHANDLER FILM FESTIVAL 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION — CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION — NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2018
WINNER - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING - NARRATIVE - NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2018 FEATURED

PANELISTS - 25TH ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS OF SCIENCE & FACTUAL PRODUCERS 2017

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Instagram

Variety “Camilla Belle Starring With James Franco in Gothic Drama ‘Mad Whale’”

JustJared “James Franco & Camilla Belle in 'The Mad Whale' - First Look!”

CO-PRODUCER - FEATURE FILM - 2019

An adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic novel The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, with a twist - Thomasina is a willful, brave and creative young girl who must use all her intelligence when she gets into the adventure of her life.

Directors: Brian Brooks II, Jesse Gi, Chester Howie, Thanika Jenjesda, Kelley Kali, David R. Liu, Federico Torrado Tobón, Tom Watts, Benjamin Wilkinson, Christopher Winterbauer

DP: Sam Davis

Starring: Angelina Capozzoli, Arthur RedCloud, Johnny Whitworth, Beth Grant, Marianna Palka, Kai Lennox

Producers: David Breschel, Jenna Cavelle

Executive Producers: Sabrina Coryell, James Franco, Jennifer Kristen Howell, Vince Jolivette, Ron Singer, John Watson

Production Company: EB Studios, Engaging the Senses, That’s Hollywood

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(set photos by Sam Schmiedeskamp)

DIRECTOR-WRITER-PRODUCER - SHORT FILM - 2016

The story of a family losing their grip on past, present and future, taken from three days over two years in the life of a synaesthetic teenaged girl and her astrophysicist father, whose early-onset Alzheimer’s disrupts the space and time they must share.

Starring: Hayley Mcfarland, Mark Harelik

Producers: Caddy Vanisirikul & Suzie Philippot

DP: Philip Carter

Finalist for Sloan Foundation Production Grant (2013)

Recipient of Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award for Directing (2014)

DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-COPYWRITER-DESIGNER - SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN- 2018

Producing, directing and coordinating all assets for social media campaign for one night only art installation event celebrating the vision of EGOT-winning musician and actor John Legend with major LA-based artist charity The Art of Elysium.

Designed, directed and produced video, wrote copy, covered live event, and designed and delivered print and digital ads for Variety magazine.

Reach:

• 124.67M Likes across Verified Celebrity Accounts and Major Fan Accounts

• 2,144 new followers December 2017-January 2018

• 127,858 Total Raw Story Impressions on @theartofelysium Instagram

• 125K Impressions and 1,315 Mentions on @theartofelysium Twitter

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - MUSIC VIDEO SERIES - 2017

Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” interpreted by ten different artists, starring notable actors, each celebrating Stevie Wonder’s HEAVEN, in collaboration with Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One.

Facilitating physical production, post production, behind the scenes photography, coordinating Gala exhibition and creating and implementing social media campaign on series of ten videos featuring various major stars set to Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” to promote the launch of EB Studios streaming platform in January 2017

Starring: Zoe Saldana, David Arquette, John Cho, James Franco, John Legend, Miranda Cosgrove, artist Shepard Fairey, Shanola Hampton, Steven Weber, Matt Bomer, Alicia Witt, Juno Temple, Jeremy Allen White, Camilla Belle, and Stevie Wonder

Executive Producer: Bruce Cohen 
Producers: James Franco, Jennifer Howell, Vince Jolivette 
Producer: Penny Edmiston 
Production Supervisor: Maria Biber-Ferro

Song Courtesy of Stevie Wonder and Universal Music/Motown

Launch Campaign Creative Direction: Studio Number One

Campaign on platform website

Hollywood Reporter: “L.A.'s Art of Elysium Charity Celebrating 20th Anniversary”

Flaunt: “Shameless Stars Shanola Hampton and Jeremy Allen White honor Stevie Wonder in Elysium Bandini Studios - Produced Video Series”

JustJared: “Watch John Legend Sing Stevie Wonder's 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' in an Elevator!”

RollingStone: “Hear Rufus Wainwright’s Elegant Stevie Wonder Cover for Charity Project”

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - Digital Episode - 2015

Final episode of Emmy Award nominated second season (2016 Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series) of AOL web series starring James Franco. Coordinating live action shoot with James Franco and accompanying animation

Starring: James Franco, Wilmer Calderon

Directed By: James Franco

Executive Producers: Eric Day, Mark Koops, Ronak Kordestani, Jennifer Heftler, Vince Jolivette

Production Companies: Rabbit Bandini Films, INE Entertainment

For: AOL Originals

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EntertainmentWeekly: “James Franco: Making a Scene season 2 finale clip”

HuffingtonPost: “'The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air' Meets 'The Walking Dead' In Latest Episode Of James Franco's 'Making A Scene'“

DIRECTOR - EDITOR - SHORT FILM / VIDEO INSTALLATION- 2015

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Elizabeth, a dying housewife, finds a friend in her doctor and looks back on her life when she was young and free and adventurous.

Made as part of the “Winesberg” series for Executive Producer James Franco, Rabbit Bandini Productions and Maker Studios with The University of California, Los Angeles. Featured on James Franco’s official JamesFrancoTV YouTube channel. Adaptation of short story from Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesberg, Ohio.”

Presented during UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television’s 2015 Film Festival, in a first of its kind, completely sold out series of multimedia installations and performances led by professor James Franco, on June 5th and June 6th, 2016

DP: Teodora Totoiou

Written By: Suz Curtis Jackson

Starring: Maguerite French, David Garrett, Doug Brochu

Producer: Zachary Hamby

Executive Producers: James Franco, Vince Jolivette

Production Companies: Rabbit Bandini Productions, Maker Television

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Hollywood Reporter: “James Franco Debuts Originals Slate For Maker Studios”

DIRECTOR - TELEVISION PILOT - 2013

Full Pilot

One-hour Science Fiction Thriller television drama pilot. First ever television pilot produced at UCLA. Premiered at 22nd Annual UCLA Film Festival in June 2013

DP: Ragland Williams

Writers: A.J. Marchisello and Teresa Sullivan

Producer: Fiorela Canaj, Jennifer Manel

Starring: Christopher Allen, Valeria Gozales Gomez,

Executive Producer: Rod Holcomb (Primetime Emmy winning and DGA Award winning Director of “ER” including pilot and final episode) and Beau Marks (second unit director and producer of Die Hard, Predator, The Hunt for Red October and Anaconda)

Winner: Caucus Foundation Award for Outstanding Student Program: Television/New Media 2013

Hollywood Reporter: “UCLA to Screen Student-Made TV Pilot 'doubleblind' (Exclusive)”

Behind Doubleblind featurette

DIRECTOR - WRITER - PRODUCER - SHORT FILM - 2012

A young boy goes on a quest to tell the world to be quiet, and makes some surprising discoveries on his adventure.

UCLA MFA student short film shot on super 16mm

Starring: Martin Simone, Anna Van Hooft, Liberty Larsen

DIRECTOR - WRITER - PRODUCTION DESIGNER - SHORT FILM - 2011

A coddled man attempts to end his life by feasting and then swimming less than thirty minutes later.

A UCLA MFA student short film shot on super 16 mm.

DP: Philip Carter

Starring: Michael Anthony, Michele Hart