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Susan Zwerman

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Susan Zwerman
Susan Zwerman, ves, is an experienced Visual Effects Producer with a passion for cutting-edge film production. She is highly respected for her expertise in VFX and Virtual Production Budgeting and Scheduling.

As chair of the DGA UPM/AD VFX Digital Technology Committee, Susan organizes virtual production seminars to introduce members to this exciting and evolving new technology.

Virtual Production Producer, November 2020-March 2021. Freelance budgeting consultant for Sony Innovation Studios (SIS). Supervised the Virtual Production budgeting of various test projects both in Film and TV and designed a Movie Magic Budgeting template for virtual production. Supervised all the CG Assets and LED Wall bidding with outside vendors. Built strong relationships with VFX facilities and film production vendors working in virtual production.

Studio Executive Producer, Exceptional Minds, 2013-2020. Created a VFX and 2D animation studio for artists on the Autism Spectrum. Organized the training of the artists and secured paid work for them on various feature films and television shows through my strong ties with vendors in the industry. Handled all job budgeting and bidding and supervised all aspects of running the Exceptional Minds Studio. Hired production staff.

Exceptional Minds VFX credits: Black Widow (2021), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Green Book (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Black Panther (2018), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Doctor Strange (2016), Captain America: Civil War (2016), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Ant-Man (2015), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015).

Visual Effects Producer, 1996-2013, credits on Tall Tale, Broken Arrow, Firebirds, Alien Resurrection, Men of Honor, Around the World in 80 Days, The Guardian, and many more. Worked as a freelance DGA UPM prior to 2013.

Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, and the Visual Effects Society.

Susan received the Frank Capra Achievement Award in recognition of career achievement and service to the industry and the Directors Guild of America in 2013. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and a member and Fellow of the VES.

Grammy Award winner, "Best Concept Music Video" for producing I'm Fat, the music video starring Weird Al Yankovic (1988).

Co-author, with Charles Finance, of The Visual Effects Producer: Understanding the Art and Business of VFX. Editor of The VES Handbook of Visual Effects with Jeffrey Okun.
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Known for

Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
6.5
  • Visual Effects(Exceptional Minds)
  • 2019
Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther
7.3
  • Visual Effects(Exceptional Minds)
  • 2018
Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
Black Widow
6.7
  • Visual Effects(Exceptional Minds)
  • 2021
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame
8.4
  • Visual Effects(Exceptional Minds)
  • 2019

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Visual Effects

  • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
    Black Widow
  • Gillian Jacobs and Azhy Robertson in Come Play (2020)
    Come Play
  • Brooklynn Prince in The Turning (2020)
    The Turning
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
  • Brie Larson in Captain Marvel (2019)
    Captain Marvel
  • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
    Aquaman
  • Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book (2018)
    Green Book
  • Ryan Gosling in First Man (2018)
    First Man
    • (uncredited)
  • Skylan Brooks, Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, and Miya Cech in The Darkest Minds (2018)
    The Darkest Minds
  • Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins, Michael Peña, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Hannah John-Kamen in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
    Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel, Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
    Avengers: Infinity War
  • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
    Black Panther

Location Management

  • Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
    Amazing Grace and Chuck
  • Wise Guys (1986)
    Wise Guys
  • Assassin (1986)
    Assassin
  • Matt Dillon and Janet Jones in The Flamingo Kid (1984)
    The Flamingo Kid
  • C.H.U.D. (1984)
    C.H.U.D.
  • Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)
    Scarface
  • Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and Henry Winkler in Night Shift (1982)
    Night Shift
  • Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner in Hanky Panky (1982)
    Hanky Panky
  • Paternity (1981)
    Paternity
    • (uncredited)
  • All That Jazz (1979)
    All That Jazz
  • The Wanderers (1979)
    The Wanderers
  • Sophia Loren, James Coburn, and O.J. Simpson in Firepower (1979)
    Firepower
  • Jeff Bridges and Farrah Fawcett in Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
    Somebody Killed Her Husband

Production Manager

  • Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
    Mom and Dad Save the World
  • Strays (1991)
    Strays
  • Fire Birds (1990)
    Fire Birds
  • 'Weird Al' Yankovic in UHF (1989)
    UHF
  • 'Weird Al' Yankovic in Weird Al Yankovic: Fat (1988)
    Weird Al Yankovic: Fat
  • Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer in Nighthawks (1981)
    Nighthawks

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  • (Sept 2009) Book with Chuck Finance entitled "The Visual Effects Producer: Understanding the Art and Business of VFX", distributed by Focal Press.

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    Won a Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video for ''Weird Al' Yankovic''s "I'm Fat", a parody of Michael Jackson's "BAD".

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