Susan Youssef
Profile
Susan Youssef is a Brooklyn-born writer, director, and artist whose work has been official selections of leading international festivals, including Venice, Sundance, Busan, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Her work has received honors including the International Federation of Film Critics Prize and the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Award. Her films and video art explore questions of identity, displacement, and the divine.
A Fulbright Fellow, Princess Grace Award recipient, and Yale University Poynter Fellow in Journalism, Youssef works across film, episodic, and video art. Her work has been commissioned by Tate Modern and exhibited at the New Museum and The Museum of Modern Art. She is an alumna of the ABC/Disney Directing Program and NBCUniversal Launch. Three of her films—Habibi, Amsterdam to Anatolia, and Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf—were featured in Netflix’s worldwide catalog from 2021 to 2024. Youssef is a member of the Directors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Susan has served as a film advisor and instructor at Yale University. Prior to filmmaking, she worked as a school teacher and journalist in Beirut.
For more information, visit her personal website.
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