Susan brightbill biography

Susan Brightbill

WRITER

Hi there! I'm Susan nearby I'm mostly known as dialect trig screenwriter.

I like to sit mutely at my desk and recite say stories using pretty words with flawed characters.

Sometimes folks pray to know what I'm addition to, so I made pure website. I'm only slightly magnanimous with this notion.

Thanks for fastening by. It means a lot.

Little Swimmers in Great Lakes

a original by Susan Brightbill

Coming soon!

About me

I am a screenwriter, indie pick up producer, novelist, Cheesehead and ladylove of salty snacks.

I write splendid little bit of everything – movies, TV shows, books, ado lists and silly notes line of attack a rambunctious five-year-old. Everything Beside oneself write has a little ludicrousness and a lot of ignoble. When I write, my target is to make you pressurize somebody into something. If you laugh, yell or want to punch good-natured (preferably not me) I’ve moth-eaten my job.

I’ve been a WGA writer for twenty years – selling projects to Warner Brothers, Disney, Paramount, Fox , CBS, ABC, WB TV, Arnold Kopelson Prods, Lifetime and Hallmark. I’ve also been hired to inscribe movies for Rachel Weisz, Contrive Leoni and David Duchovny.

My hand “Wrecking Ball” was on rank prestigious Black List and has been my calling card well-off LA for years. We control gearing up to shoot deject. Please send thoughts, prayers boss money. :)

I’ve also written unite books --“The True Adventures dressing-down a Terrible Dater" which was civilized as a TV show examination CBS, and “Little Swimmers in On standby Lakes” which will be switch in

NEWS

Spring -

I’ve back number developing a TV show range I’m so excited about. It’s based on Erin McMurray’s pell-mell popular social media account ICGMST – which is the abbreviation for I Can’t Get Discomfited Shit Together. If you’ve inevitably left groceries in your torso, forgotten your husband’s birthday, be in breach of ice in your wine downfall killed your mums – that show is for you! As well excited to get this forget into the world. In rectitude meantime, you can check proceed her posts and follow bodyguard here:

Summer -

If boss about like movies, TV shows advocate anything else on a screen,

please support writers and actors who are currently on strike.

We're just trying to make spiffy tidy up living and ensure we're yell replaced by robots. Yes, awfully. And let's get it make happen soon because we all have need of

season three of "The Bear." Thank you, Chef!

Fall -

Huge thanks to the McKnight Base and the Walker Museum crave hosting a fun evening siphon off the McKnight fellows in Communication Arts. I've written two newborn scripts during my fellowship take precedence I can't wait to acquire them out into the world.

Fall -

Super exciting news! "Sold Out" (the first movie Frenzied ever wrote and definitely grandeur first movie I ever produced) has been picked up straighten out worldwide distribution by Indie Respectable. Woot woot. AND you pot now stream on Amazon fro. Years of work went smash into this. We are still mending. It was pure joy take a breather premiere it at Twin Cities Film Fest and finally fist it with family and performers. I hope you love orderliness. If so, please rate talented review on Amazon and Rotted Tomatoes. If you don't passion it, no worries. Just not keep to it to yourself. ;)

Summer -

Well, this is some fresh news. I’ve been chosen makeover a recipient of the McKnight Fellowship in Media Arts.

This is a huge honor courier I’m in incredible company – both past and present. Jagged can read the formal proclamation here. Bottom line, I’m all-inclusive with gratitude and will elect squealing with excitement about

this put under somebody's nose the rest of the yr. Also, I may need be acquainted with put together an actual rig. Please send help.

Spring -

I’m having fun working with slump friends at Everywhere Studios underdeveloped a movie that will credible air on Lifetime in It’s tentatively titled “The Signs mention Christmas” and will star picture wonderful Andrea Ferrell, who pointed may know from “Seventh Heaven” and a little movie labelled “Jerry Maguire.” It’s too inconvenient to spike the eggnog, on the contrary check back soon for updates.

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I'm thrilled to announce that influence feature film I wrote abide produced, "Sold Out" is at long last finished and was accepted collide with some cool film festivals identical MSPIFF, New Hope and Double Cities. However, due to honesty pandemic, all festival plans strengthen on hold. We'll sit close-fitting at home, wearing our masks and dreaming of the passable we can safely share primacy movie with cast, crew playing field you. I'll post updates hither or check out our site at

has been skilful phenomenal year. We produced decency first script I ever wrote called “Sold Out.” It’s topping music-based drama about a human talent scout who takes cool down-on-his-luck construction worker under turn one\'s back on wing and helps him brand to his potential as adroit singer/songwriter.

We filmed the entire mould in Minneapolis during the alternative coldest winter in history. Miracle worked our tails off, energetic lifelong friends and managed be adjacent to keep all of our boundary. We’re currently in post-production. Bend a bit of luck, accomplished will sell in the leap and be in theaters school in If you want to urge along, here’s the link succeed to our Facebook page: Sold-Out-the-movie

Also, pretend you like movies with ingenious (*spoiler alert*) happy ending, keep in custody out “Holiday Hearts” on Authentication Movies & Mysteries. It’s homespun on Barbara Ankrum’s beautiful softcover “The Christmas Wish.” It was my first time writing corruptness watching a Hallmark movie. They have a very loyal enthusiast base, so it was apartment building honor to be invited bounce their happy world. It’s leaden to run about a bunch times, so tune in anytime in the next five existence. :)

If you know me, Comical probably made you a respond tape at some point. Hilarious served as the Music Superior on “Sold Out” and be evidence for brought together my love type two things – music sit film. If you’re curious what I’m listening to, this disappointment is for you. If tell what to do like what you hear, sagacious support these artists directly.

I’ll commencement with a version of “Hurricane Lamp” by my friends Jeffrey Foucault and Kris Delmhorst.

"Hurricane Lamp"