Suzan Pitt

Suzan Pitt

Known for

Directing

Born

July 11, 1943

Birthplace

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died

June 16, 2019 (aged 75)

Biography

Suzan Pitt (July 11th, 1943 - June 16th, 2019) was born and grew up in Kansas City, MO. In 1965 she graduated with a BFA in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art and has lived and worked in Europe, Mexico, New York and Los Angeles.

In 1968 she began making animated films which were inspired by her paintings “My painted images seem to have a past and future and through animation I could imagine and dramatize their stories”. Her film "ASPARAGUS"'premiered in an installation at the Whitney Museum in 1979 and ran for two years with David Lynch’s ERASERHEAD in the midnight shows at the Waverly Theater and the NuArt theater in Los Angeles. A retrospective of Suzan Pitt’s prize-winning animated f...

Best known work

Asparagus
Asparagus
1979
Joy Street
Joy Street
1995
El Doctor
El Doctor
2006
Visitation
Visitation
2013
Crocus
Crocus
1971
Pinball
Pinball
2013
Jefferson Circus Songs
Jefferson Circus Songs
1974
Twenty Cigarettes
Twenty Cigarettes
2011
Cartoon Noir
Cartoon Noir
1999
Clay Woman Smoking
Clay Woman Smoking

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Clay Woman Smoking

    Director

  2. 2017

  3. 2013

  4. 2013

    Pinball

    Director, Animation

  5. 2013

    Visitation

    Director, Sound Designer, Animation, Writer, Producer, Editor

  6. 2011

  7. 2006

  8. 2006

    El Doctor

    Director, Producer

  9. 1999

  10. 1999

    Cartoon Noir

    Director

  11. 1995

    Joy Street

    Director, Animation

  12. 1979

    Asparagus

    Director, Painter, Creator

  13. 1975

    A City Trip

    Director

  14. 1974

  15. 1972

    Cels

    Director

  16. 1971

    Crocus

    Director, Producer, Writer, Editor

  17. 1970

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