Su Friedrich

Known for

Directing

Born

December 12, 1954 (age 71)

Birthplace

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Su Friedrich has directed twenty-four films and videos since 1978, which have been featured in eighteen retrospectives at major museums and film festivals, including one at the Museum of Modern Art in 2007. The films have been widely screened at film festivals, universities and art centers, have been extensively written about, and have won numerous awards, including Grand Prix for Sink or Swim at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Her DVD collection is distributed by Outcast Films. She teaches video production at Princeton University.

Best known work

Sink or Swim

1990

Gently Down the Stream

1981

Hide and Seek

1996

Damned If You Don't

1987

Cool Hands, Warm Heart

1979

But No One

1982

Seeing Red

2005

The Ties That Bind

1984

Gut Renovation

2013

Rules of the Road

1993

Filmography

2024
From A to Z: Jerusalema in 44 countries
Director, Editor
2024
Jerusalema: From Austria to Zimbabwe
Director
2022
Today
Director
2020
Cinetracts '20
Director
2020
The Renegades
2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
2016
I Cannot Tell You How I Feel
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Editor, Director of Photography
2013
Queen Takes Pawn
Director, Cinematography, Editor
2013
Gut Renovation
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
2012
Practice Makes Perfect
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
2007
From the Ground Up
Director, Director of Photography
2005
Seeing Red
Director
2004
The Head of a Pin
Director
2002
The Odds of Recovery
as Self, Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
1998
Lavender Limelight
as Self
1996
Hide and Seek
Director, Editor, Writer
1993
Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too
Director, Editor
1993
Rules of the Road
Director
1991
First Comes Love
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
1990
Sink or Swim
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
1987
Damned If You Don't
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound, Writer
1984
The Ties That Bind
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
1982
But No One
Director, Writer
1981
Gently Down the Stream
Director, Writer
1979
Cool Hands, Warm Heart
Director