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Susan Zwerman, BA

Adjunct Associate Professor

Affiliated Divisions:

Division of Film & Television Production

Analyzed scripts for studios; prepared schedules, visual effects breakdowns and detailed budgets of both the digital shot costs and the production support required.

Virtual Production Producer - Freelance budgeting consultant for Sony Innovation Studios (SIS). Supervised the Virtual Production budgeting of various test projects both in Film and TV and designed a Movie Magic Budgeting template for virtual production. 

Studio Executive Producer, Exceptional Minds, 2013–2020. Created a VFX & 2D animation studio for artists on the Autism Spectrum. Organized the training of the artists and secured paid work for them on various feature films and TV shows. 

Exceptional Minds VFX credits: Black Widow(2021), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Captain Marvel (2019), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Green Book (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Black Panther (2018), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Doctor Strange (2016), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).

Visual Effects Producer, 1996–2013, credits on https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959027/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Member of the AMPAS, DGA, PGA and VES
Recipient of the Frank Capra Achievement Award, in recognition of career achievement and service to the industry and to the Directors Guild of America (2013).
Recipient of the VES Fellows Award, recognizing achievements and contributions to the art, science, or business of visual effects (2019). 
Grammy Award winner, "Best Concept Music Video" for producing I'm Fat, the music video starring Weird Al Yankovic (1988). 
Co-author of The Visual Effects Producer: Understanding the Art and Business of VFX.