Susanna’s directorial debut, Columbia Pictures’ SHADRACH, starring Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell, opened the L.A. Film Festival, and screened at the Venice Film Festival and Tokyo Film Festival, among many others. Her narrative short, A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER, starring Richard Beymer and Ally Sheedy, won Special Jury Awards at the San Francisco and Houston Film Festivals. Susanna’s other directing credits include A&E Television’s 100 CENTRE STREET, created by Sidney Lumet, for which she also wrote; the web series ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE; and the award-winning narrative short, HOUSE OF TEETH, available on Amazon.

Susanna's feature documentary credits include 9/12: FROM CHAOS TO COMMUNITY about the volunteer community at Ground Zero, and OUT OF MY HEAD, which premiered at MoMA's Doc Fortnight and won Best International Documentary at the Melbourne documentary Film Festival. Her documentary short, MY FATHER'S NAME is currently on the festival circuit.