Suzanne Griffin

A 2022 Women in Film Writers Circle Mentee, Brooklyn-based screenwriter Suzanne Griffin creates darkly romantic dramas, both TV pilots and features, whose fierce, witty protagonists risk everything to reinvent themselves and the world around them. Her work's frequent themes - self-determination, gender politics, and the healing power of empathy - reflect Suzanne’s own journey as a mature female writer. Suzanne has a passion for female protagonists who are provocative and deeply flawed, but who defy expectations as they fully explore the power of their agency. 
 Suzanne has been selected for the Spring 2024 HerArts Film Lab, where she will develop a new Romantic Horror pilot. Suzanne is a Black List Recommended screenwriter, with six overall 8s on the Black List. 2023 Diverse Voices Screenplay Lab Finalist and a Filmarket Hub Winner for her female-driven drama pilot The Age of Desire. She is also a Stowe Story Labs/PAGE Awards Fellow, a Sundance Episodic Lab Second Rounder, a 2x Nicholl Semifinalist, a Black List x WIF Feature Lab Short-lister, and an Austin Film Fest Screenwriting Competition Finalist. She was mentored by showrunners JaNeika James and JaSheika James (Gossip Girl, Bel-Air) and Emmy-winning producer Jamila Jordan-Theus through WIF. She is currently co-writing a new indie feature screenplay with writer/director Felicia Manning in the Stowe Story Labs Feature Campus Program. Suzanne received her MFA from NYU Graduate Film, with prizes in producing and directing.