Susan Littenberg - Editor

07/24/22 • 61 min

Meet Susan Littenberg! Susan is an accomplished editor who lives in Los Angeles. She’s been an editor on over 15 feature films including, Charlotte’s Web, Bride Wars, Easy A, 13 Going On 30, and And Everything Is Going Fine, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Susan was nominated for an ACE award for Easy A and she also edited the music doc The Ballad Of Ramblin’ Jack which won a grand jury prize at Sundance among many other awards. Early in Susan’s career, when she was still an Assistant Editor she got to work with directors, Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, Ang Lee, and Paul Auster. Most recently, Susan was a Producer on the award-winning documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway, which examines the quirky world of the corporate musical. Susan currently teaches at UCLA, which is where I met her, at a screening she was moderating that the Bruin Film Society sponsored a film she worked on as the Assistant Editor – The Ice Storm. I was thrilled when I made a point to meet Susan after the screening and asked if she’d share her journey and wisdom on Blissful Spinster and she said “yes!”. We had a wonderful chat full of amazing insights into the craft of filmmaking and storytelling and I’m so happy to be able to share this conversation with you. Links & Love If your ears like what they’re snacking on, follow, rate, and drop a review—it helps others find the show too. Want to support the show or get access to extra content—like behind-the-scenes journals, guest deep dives, and updates on getting Alone Girl made? Check out my Substack: The Blissful Spinster. Just $5/month supports this DIY labor of love and gets you a peek behind the scenes (when I find the time to write, lol). Find me and the pod on Instagram, Pinterest, and at blissfulspinster.com—where you can also find some pretty cool merch, if you’re into that sort of thing. Thanks for being on this journey with me—and until next time, go find your happy.💚

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Adria Dawn - Actor, Filmmaker & Educator

Meet Adria Dawn! Adria is a talented multi-hyphenate who shines both in front of and behind the camera. In front of the camera, Adria is most known for playing the dysfunctional outcast April Tuna on Ryan Murphy's first series, the high school cult hit, Popular. Behind the camera, Adria is an accomplished director, writer, and Producer, who is most known for her films about social change. She’s recently won two Telly Awards (Yay, Adria!), one for her multi-award-winning Black Lives Matter film, Karen, and the other for her alcohol use disorder film, Gray Area. She is also known for the educational film series Kids Matter where she just released their latest film – Identity. As if all of that weren’t enough to keep anyone busy, Adria has also begun work on a memoir that I’m sure will be both enlightening and entertaining. Last but never least important! Adria is one of my oldest & very best friends... we met last century while we were both attending the University of Illinois and we’ve been there for each other both professionally and personally throughout our lives. I really enjoyed getting to both, chatting with Adria, and helping shine a light on what a fantastic artist and human she is. This conversation is a testament to how important it is as an artist to build and maintain a tribe of positive collaborators and friends to help us along this journey we call life. Yay friendship! Find out more about Adria on her website: http://adriadawn.com/Home.html Connect with Adria on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/adria.dawn/ Connect with Adria on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/adria_dawnLinks & Love If your ears like what they’re snacking on, follow, rate, and drop a review—it helps others find the show too. Want to support the show or get access to extra content—like behind-the-scenes journals, guest deep dives, and updates on getting Alone Girl made? Check out my Substack: The Blissful Spinster. Just $5/month supports this DIY labor of love and gets you a peek behind the scenes (when I find the time to write, lol). Find me and the pod on Instagram, Pinterest, and at blissfulspinster.com—where you can also find some pretty cool merch, if you’re into that sort of thing. Thanks for being on this journey with me—and until next time, go find your happy.💚

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Caroline Liem - Producer & Casting Director - Check-in #2 on Alone Girl

Meet Caroline Liem! Caroline is a Producer & Casting Director. She lives in Los Angeles and has worked as a Casting Director for over 20 years, Caroline has cast studio features, independent films, television series, and pilots for Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Disney Studios, Sony, Warner Bros. ABC, CBS, and NBC. She has also worked with many prominent producers and directors including Lauren Schuler Donner, David Goyer, Jon Turteltaub, and Jen McGowan to name a few. And during her time working for the casting department at Disney Studios, she oversaw the casting for such projects as Gone in Sixty Seconds, Pearl Harbor, and Gangs of New York. Caroline is also a sought-after audition coach and acting teacher who’s been a guest professor at several prestigious programs including - The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch, and Syracuse to name a few - and is currently faculty at Pace University and UT Austin. Recently Caroline has decided to use her extensive knowledge and skills in casting and try her hand at producing... a fact that makes me super happy as she’s one of my producers on Alone Girl! Yes, you guessed it, this is one of my “checking-in on Alone Girl’sJourney” episodes! Caroline and I have known each other since Grad School and we’ve remained close friends and collaborators throughout the years! During our chat, we’ll catch you up on who Caroline is, and also where we’ve been on Alone Girl’s Journey, on our shared mission to make Alone Girl diverse & inclusive – both in front of & behind the camera and what’s been happening on the film’s path recently. Find out more about Caroline on her website at: https://www.carolineliem.com Connect with Caroline on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/itscarolineliem/ Connect with Caroline on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/itscarolineliemLinks & Love If your ears like what they’re snacking on, follow, rate, and drop a review—it helps others find the show too. Want to support the show or get access to extra content—like behind-the-scenes journals, guest deep dives, and updates on getting Alone Girl made? Check out my Substack: The Blissful Spinster. Just $5/month supports this DIY labor of love and gets you a peek behind the scenes (when I find the time to write, lol). Find me and the pod on Instagram, Pinterest, and at blissfulspinster.com—where you can also find some pretty cool merch, if you’re into that sort of thing. Thanks for being on this journey with me—and until next time, go find your happy.💚

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