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Quick facts for kids Susanna Fogel
Fogel in 2018
Born	Providence, Rhode Island
Education	Concord Academy Columbia University (BA)
Occupation	director, screenwriter, author
Years active	2014 – present
Parent(s)	Barry S. Fogel (father)
Relatives	Jeremy Fogel (uncle)
Awards	Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series (2020)

Susanna Fogel is an American director, screenwriter, and author. She is well-known for her work on movies and TV shows. For example, she helped write the 2019 film Booksmart. She also co-wrote and directed the 2018 action-comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me.

Susanna has won several awards, including a DGA Award. She has also been nominated for other big awards like the BAFTA Film Awards, the Primetime Emmy Awards, and the WGA Awards.

Susanna Fogel's Early Life and School

Susanna Fogel was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Her parents both worked as teachers at Brown University. Her father, Barry S. Fogel, is a doctor who studies the brain and nerves. He also taught at Harvard Medical School. Her mother, Margaret Selkin Fogel, is a psychologist, which means she studies how people think and feel.

Susanna's grandfather, Daniel Fogel, was a lawyer for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Her uncle, Jeremy Fogel, used to be a judge in California. Susanna finished high school at Concord Academy in 1998.

Before her last year of college, she worked for James Schamus. He was producing the movie The Hulk at the time. Susanna graduated from Columbia University in 2002. While at Columbia, she helped write the school's 2001 Varsity Show.

Susanna Fogel's Career in Film and TV

Susanna Fogel and her writing partner, Joni Lefkowitz, first wrote Life Partners as a short play. They later turned it into a movie script, which Susanna directed. The film was shown for the first time at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.

Susanna also helped create and produce the TV show Chasing Life. This show ran for two seasons.

She co-wrote the script for the movie Booksmart with Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, and Katie Silberman. Susanna was first going to direct Booksmart, but someone else took over before filming started. The script for Booksmart was nominated for important awards, like the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.

After some tough experiences in the film industry, Susanna decided to co-write and direct The Spy Who Dumped Me. This action-comedy movie came out in 2018. It starred famous actors like Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon. Kate McKinnon had also appeared in Susanna's first movie.

Susanna has directed pilot episodes for several TV series. These include The Wilds on Amazon and The Flight Attendant on HBO Max. She was also an executive producer for The Flight Attendant. She has directed episodes for other shows too, like Gillian Flynn’s Utopia and Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories. The Flight Attendant was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2021.

In April 2021, Susanna won a DGA Award for her directing work on The Flight Attendant. In July 2021, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for the same show.

She also helped write the script for The Addams Family 2. Susanna directed Cat Person, a thriller movie based on a short story. She also directed the 2024 movie Winner, which is about the life of Reality Winner.

Susanna Fogel's Writing Work

Susanna Fogel often writes for The New Yorker online. She also wrote a novel called Nuclear Family: A Tragicomic Novel in Letters, which was published in 2017.

Susanna Fogel's Film and TV Projects

Movies

Television Shows

Awards and Nominations for Susanna Fogel

See Also

• List of female film and television directors