Name Susannah Grant Role Screenwriter | Children Olivia Henrikson | |
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Spouse Christopher Henrikson (m. 1995) Books Ever After: Screenplay, Erin Brockovich Movies Catch and Release, Erin Brockovich, The Soloist, In Her Shoes, Pocahontas Similar People Steve Lopez, Karey Kirkpatrick, Nathaniel Ayers, Curtis Hanson, Gary Winick | ||
Screenwriter susannah grant tricks of the trade
Susannah Grant (born January 4, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director.
Contents
- Screenwriter susannah grant tricks of the trade
- The dialogue susannah grant interview part 1
- Life and career
- References
The dialogue susannah grant interview part 1
Life and career
Grant was born in New York City. She studied at Amherst College and has been admitted to the American Film Institute. From 1994 to 1997 she worked on television as the producer and major writer of the Fox drama series Party of Five. She wrote the screenplays for Ever After, Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh, 28 Days, and Disney's Pocahontas. For Erin Brockovich she received an Oscar nomination in 2001.
After her Academy Award nomination, Grant adapted In Her Shoes and Charlotte's Web for the screen and wrote and directed Catch and Release, starring Jennifer Garner. She is also a Miss Porter's School alumna as well as an Amherst College alumna, having graduated in 1984. She later was accepted to the American Film Institute and received the Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting. Grant was featured in The Dialogue.
Grant created and produced the CBS series A Gifted Man in 2011. She received the Valentine Davies Award in 2011. In September 2013, Grant delivered a screenwriting lecture as part of the BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series. In 2014, Grant created the ABC drama series Members Only for the 2014–15 American television season.
