Susan Emshwiller

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Tales from Zone 7 - An Oral History of the Making of Cherry 2000

Tales from Zone 7 - An Oral History of the Making of Cherry 2000

2024

as Herself

Acting

A documentary on the making of Steve De Jarnatt's 1987 film, Cherry 2000.

Nietzermann

Nietzermann

2015

as Susan

6.0
Acting

In an attempt to launch their careers, two young actors investigate a disturbing viral video of a French psychic's prophecy. As they shed light on the...

Spartan

Spartan

2004

Set Decoration

6.2

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get thi...

In the Land of Milk and Money

In the Land of Milk and Money

2004

Director

8.0
Directing

Idyllic Suburbia. Mom 'n' Apple Pie. Or not. This outrageous comedy turns suburban America on its head. Mad cow disease, Corporate Greed, Mob Mentalit...

The Good Girl

The Good Girl

2002

Set Decoration

6.2

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Pollock

Pollock

2000

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United Sta...

Cookie's Fortune

Cookie's Fortune

1999

Set Decoration

6.4

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Replacing Dad

Replacing Dad

1999

Set Decoration

6.0

Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her daught...

Kansas City

Kansas City

1996

Set Decoration

6.2

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Past Tense

Past Tense

1994

Set Decoration

5.1

A former cop who is now a novelist notices an attractive young woman move in next door to him. He strikes up a conversation, one thing leads to anothe...

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993

Set Decoration

7.2

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

The Player

The Player

1992

as Detective Broom

7.2
Acting

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

The Player

The Player

1992

Set Decoration

7.2

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Heart Condition

Heart Condition

1990

Set Decoration

5.6

Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerri...

Wired

Wired

1989

Set Decoration

3.4

The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

1989

Set Decoration

6.0

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him die...

Russkies

Russkies

1987

Set Decoration

5.1

A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and wil...

The Kindred

The Kindred

1987

Set Decoration

6.0

Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a broth...

Sorority House Massacre

Sorority House Massacre

1986

Art Direction

4.7

Upon joining a sorority, Beth is plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding killer, when her past comes back to haunt her.

Tuff Turf

Tuff Turf

1985

Set Dresser

5.9

The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

Relativity

Relativity

1966

as Flower girl

5.1
Acting

Emshwiller made this film on a Ford Foundation grant, and in his original proposal to the Ford Foundation, he outlined the film as "something that dea...

Hallelujah the Hills

Hallelujah the Hills

1963

as Girl Child

6.1
Acting

Jack and Leo vie for the affections of Vera – who appears a little differently to each man – over the course of a series of energetic sketches, flashb...