Susannah Grant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Susannah Grant (born January 4, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susannah Grant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Writers and Lovers

Casey Peabody is an underemployed, aspiring novelist in 1990s Boston whose world is rocked by a recent love affair and her mother's sudden death. Her life becomes more complicated as she then falls for two very different men at the same time.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

6.1

Lonely Planet

At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.

Release Date: 2024-10-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 161

Lessons in Chemistry
8.3

Lessons in Chemistry

In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.

Release Date: 2023-10-12

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 245

Until the Wedding

A couple's decision to get married causes a ripple affect among the lives of their friends and family.

Release Date: 2023-05-08

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Fleishman Is in Trouble
7.2

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Recently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return.

Release Date: 2022-11-17

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 110

Unbelievable
8.0

Unbelievable

A teenager is charged with lying about her rape allegation, but two determined investigative female detectives discover a far more sinister truth.

Release Date: 2019-09-13

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 647

6.9

Confirmation

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

Release Date: 2016-04-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 148

5.9

The 5th Wave

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

Release Date: 2016-01-14

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 5778

A Gifted Man
6.5

A Gifted Man

A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.

Release Date: 2011-09-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 38

6.5

Take Me Home

In New York City, Thom is broke and jobless, illegally working as a taxi driver. Claire is a successful business-woman, but personally she's in shambles - then comes the phone call that her estranged father is in the hospital. Not knowing what to do, Claire hops in Thom's cab and orders him to just drive and so he does. They find themselves in Pennsylvania and Claire makes the rash decision to drive across the country to California. On the road, there are many detours as the obstacles and secrets force them to learn about themselves and each other.

Release Date: 2011-03-02

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 124

6.7

The Soloist

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

Release Date: 2009-04-24

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 774

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Susannah Grant

Susannah Grant received an Oscar nomination for her screenplay for Erin Brockovich, an inspirational story based on the life of a working-class heroine. After her nomination, she went on to adapt In Her Shoes and Charlotte's Web, as well as write and direct Catch and Release. Here, Grant goes into the midwife vs. mother role of novel adaptations, the importance of finding your voice and why sometimes you just have to be able to really, really suck.

Release Date: 2007-04-10

Character: Herself

6.2

Charlotte's Web

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Release Date: 2006-12-07

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1376

5.9

Catch and Release

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.

Release Date: 2006-10-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 570

6.2

In Her Shoes

Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

Release Date: 2005-10-07

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1203

6.1

28 Days

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.

Release Date: 2000-04-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1002

7.4

Erin Brockovich

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

Release Date: 2000-03-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3263

7.4

EverAfter

Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

Release Date: 1998-07-31

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1470

6.9

Pocahontas

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

Release Date: 1995-06-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 5732

Party of Five
7.0

Party of Five

Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.

Release Date: 1994-09-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 15

Vote Count: 113

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