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Susan Carpenter(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Producer
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Susan Carpenter is known for The Perfect Storm (2000), Forrest Gump (1994) and The Truman Show (1998).
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    Known for

    The Perfect Storm (2000)
    The Perfect Storm
    6.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 2000
    Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
    Forrest Gump
    8.8
    • Additional Crew
    • 1994
    Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998)
    The Truman Show
    8.2
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Susan L. Carpenter)
    • 1998
    Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
    The Hudsucker Proxy
    7.2
    • Additional Crew(second unit)
    • 1994

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Niecy Nash in The Rookie: Feds (2022)
      The Rookie: Feds
      5.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Black Lightning (2018)
      Black Lightning
      6.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019–2021
    • Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon Greer, Daniel DiMaggio, Meg Donnelly, and Giselle Eisenberg in American Housewife (2016)
      American Housewife
      7.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2016–2018
    • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
      Insecure
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2017
    • Jane Lynch in Angel from Hell (2016)
      Angel from Hell
      6.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2016
    • Trace Beaulieu, Bess Rous, Milana Vayntrub, Neil Casey, Eugene Cordero, Conor Leslie, and Karan Soni in Other Space (2015)
      Other Space
      7.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2015
    • Drunk History (2013)
      Drunk History
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • associate director
      • 2013–2014
    • Martin Henderson and Jason Momoa in The Red Road (2014)
      The Red Road
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Krysten Ritter in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
      Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2012–2013
    • Teen Spirit (2011)
      Teen Spirit
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2011
    • Timothy Olyphant in Justified (2010)
      Justified
      8.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Susan L. Carpenter)
      • 2011
    • The Wannabes Starring Savvy (2009)
      The Wannabes Starring Savvy
      6.6
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2010
    • The Forgotten (2009)
      The Forgotten
      6.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2009
    • Rufus Sewell in Eleventh Hour (2008)
      Eleventh Hour
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2008
    • Lincoln Heights (2006)
      Lincoln Heights
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2007–2008

    Additional Crew

    • Gordon Ramsay in Kitchen Nightmares (2007)
      Kitchen Nightmares
      7.5
      TV Series
      • production coordinator
      • 2007–2014
    • Tabatha Coffey in Tabatha Takes Over (2008)
      Tabatha Takes Over
      7.1
      TV Series
      • production coordinator
      • show production assistant
      • 2008–2013
    • Kevin Bacon and Evan Rachel Wood in Digging to China (1997)
      Digging to China
      6.7
      • key set production assistant
      • 1997
    • Traveller (1997)
      Traveller
      6.1
      • set production assistant
      • 1997
    • John Travolta in Michael (1996)
      Michael
      5.7
      • set production assistant
      • 1996
    • Mr. Wrong (1996)
      Mr. Wrong
      3.8
      • production assistant
      • 1996
    • Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
      Forrest Gump
      8.8
      • production assistant
      • 1994
    • Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
      The Hudsucker Proxy
      7.2
      • key set production assistant: second unit
      • 1994

    Producer

    • House Husbands (2012)
      House Husbands
      6.3
      TV Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • The 27 Club (2008)
      The 27 Club
      6.4
      • co-producer
      • 2008
    • The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
      The Megan Mullally Show
      5.2
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2006–2007

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      • Susan L. Carpenter

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