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You and two guests are invited to have lunch with Emmy award-winning producer and filmmaker Susan Lacy at the private Century Club in Manhattan.
In 2013 Susan Lacy began a new chapter in her long and celebrated documentary filmmaking career. After nearly 30 years as Executive Producer of the acclaimed American Masters series (which she created for PBS in 1986), Susan decided to form her own company, Pentimento Productions.
Now, Susan is focused solely on directing and producing. She recently completed definitive films on the lives of Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, and Ralph Lauren. These projects part of Pentimento's exclusive multi-picture deal with HBO. Spielberg had its world premiere at New York Film Festival in 2017 and was broadcast on HBO shortly thereafter. The film was nominated for an Emmy — up for “Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.” Jane Fonda in Five Acts had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and later premiered internationally at Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for the 2019 Emmys. Her most recent film, Very Ralph, will air on HBO in November.
Susan’s previous films were all part of the American Masters collection. She directed and produced Inventing David Geffen, earning the series the 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series as the representative episode. She wrote, produced, and directed Judy Garland: By Myself (Emmy award for writing, Emmy nomination for directing, representative episode for the series’ Emmy win in 2004 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series), Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind (IDA nomination for Outstanding Documentary), Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note (DGA nomination, representative episode for the series’ Emmy win in 1999 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series), Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval, and Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice. She produced the Peabody award-winning films Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time, LENNONYC, and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan — all American Masters films.
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