graphic design • motion animation • title design • logo design • story sequence design • script-editing • promotional writing
FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS / Experience
WONDLA, animated series for Apple TV —vis•dev graphics for Skydance Animation, Los Angeles
APPLE, corporate marketing —senior motion graphic production artist (ongoing) for Apple, Cupertino
MRS. VERA'S DAYBOOK, feature doc —film logo design & motion graphics for Robert James, PBS
PHILHARMONIA FANTASTIQUE, animated short —film logo & poster design for Jim Capobianco, Gary Rydstrom & Mason Bates (Conductor), Vulcan Prod. and Aerial Contrivance, national U.S. Tour
SHEPARD’S GATE, live-action short —co-writer & production designer for Billy Higgins, Independent
THROUGH THE WINDOWS, feature doc —film logo & title design for Bret Parker & Petey Barma, Artfarm Productions
DUCK DUCK GOOSE, animated feature —film logo & title design for Chris Jenkins, Original Force Animation, Netflix
ADIOS AMOR, feature doc —story sequence design, photo restoration & title design for Laurie Coyle, PBS
TYRUS, feature doc —art direction, photo-restoration & title design for Pamela Tom & Don Hahn, PBS American Masters
Richard Sherman: SONGS OF A LIFETIME, broadcast doc —photo-restoration & title design for Don Hahn, PBS
TOY STORY THAT TIME FORGOT, animated short — title design for Steve Purcell, Pixar
TOY STORY OF TERROR, animated short —title design for Angus MacLane, Pixar
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, animated feature —title design for Dan Scanlon, Pixar
ILM: CREATING THE IMPOSSIBLE, broadcast doc —post art direction & title design for Leslie Iwerks, Starz
THE BLUE UMBRELLA, animated short —film logo & title design for Saschka Unseld, Pixar
PARTYSAURUS REX, animated short —title design for Mark Walsh, Pixar
IT IS NO DREAM, feature doc —title design for Richard Trank, Moriah Films
BRAVE, animated feature —title design for Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman, Pixar
(Academy Award: 2013 Best Animated Feature)
LA LUNA, animated short —film logo & title design for Enrico Casarosa, Pixar
CARS 2, animated feature —title design for John Lasseter, Pixar
Winston Churchill: WALKING WITH DESTINY, feature doc — title design for Richard Trank, Moriah Films
SMALL FRY, animated short —title design for Angus MacLane, Pixar
TOY STORY 3, animated feature —title design for Lee Unkrich, Pixar
(Academy Award: 2011 Best Animated Feature)
HAWAIIAN VACATION, animated short —title design for Gary Rydstrom, Pixar
DIRTY OIL, feature doc —title design for Leslie Iwerks, Babelgum
UP, animated feature —production graphics & title design for Pete Docter, Pixar
(Academy Award: 2010 Best Animated Feature/Best Score)
WALL-E, animated feature —title design for Andrew Stanton, Pixar
(Academy Award: 2009 Best Animated Feature)
BURN-E, animated short —title design for Angus MacLane, Pixar
THE PIXAR STORY, feature doc —title design for Leslie Iwerks, Disney Studios Motion Pictures
RATATOUILLE, animated feature —production graphics & title design for Brad Bird, Pixar
(Academy Award: 2008 Best Animated Feature)
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, feature doc —main title design for Davis Guggenheim, Participant Productions/Paramount
(Academy Award: 2006 Best Feature Doc)
THE MATADOR, live-action feature —title design for Richard Shepard/Pierce Brosnan, Irish Dreamtime/Miramax
NUMB3RS: S1, live-action series —production graphics & motion for Ridley & Tony Scott and Brooke Kennedy, CBS
TWO FOR THE MONEY, live-action feature —title design for D.J. Caruso, Morgan Creek/Universal
DARK WATER, live-action feature —title design for Walter Salles, Touchstone
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, live-action feature —title design for Walter Salles, Focus Features/Universal
(BAFTA: 2005 Best Foreign Feature, 3 Cannes Awards: 2004)
MONSTERS, INC., animated feature —title design for Pete Docter & David Silverman, Pixar
THE FIRST YEAR, feature doc —title design for Davis Guggenheim, The Getty/PBS
FOR THE BIRDS, animated short —logo & title design for Ralph Eggleston, Pixar
(Academy Award: 2002 Best Animated Short)
AMERICAN HIGH, live-action series — title design for R.J. Cutler, Fox Television
(Primetime Emmy: 2001 Outstanding Non-Fiction Program–Reality)
TOY STORY 2, animated feature — title design for John Lasseter, Pixar
GOSSIP, live-action feature — title design for Davis Guggenheim, Warner Bros.
A BUG'S LIFE, animated feature — title design for John Lasseter, Pixar
MULAN, animated feature — title design for Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft, Disney
ROMY & MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, live-action feature — title design for Larry Marks & Robin Schiff, Touchstone
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME animated feature — title design for Gary Trousdale/Don Hahn, Disney
DEAD PRESIDENTS, live-action feature — visual efx: animated tracer fire for Albert & Allen Hughes, Hollywood Pictures
TOY STORY, animated feature — title design for John Lasseter, Pixar
THE CROSSING GUARD, live-action feature — title design for Sean Penn, Miramax Films
POCAHONTAS, animated feature — title design for Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg, Disney
MURDER IN THE FIRST, live-action feature — title design for Marc Rocco, Warner Bros.
QUIZ SHOW, live-action feature — title design for Robert Redford, Hollywood Pictures
THE LION KING, animated feature — title design for Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, Disney
“Susan has an incredibly strong work ethic and continues to go above and beyond what has been required for our project; giving us creative advantage in the marketplace. I look forward to working with her again in any capacity.”
— Tamara Khalaf, Manager of Design, Walt Disney Animation Studios
“She became the film’s Art Director and was credited accordingly.
Her high aesthetic standards and attention to detail elevated TYRUS into a piece of art itself. I unequivocally recommend her to any director, producer, or project manager.”
— Pamela Tom, Director/Producer, “Tyrus”
