Person Details

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Aliases: Suzan Pitt Kraning

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Homepage: http://www.suzanpitt.com

Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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 films was presented in 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her paintings and films are in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, The Museum of Modern Art, The Stedeliik Museum Amsterdam and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles. Her animated films have been featured at hundreds of prestigious venues around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival, the Morelia International Film Festival, and the Image Forum Film Festival in Tokyo.

Most Famous Work

Asparagus
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7

Asparagus

(1979) Director
Joy Street
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6

Joy Street

(1995) Animation
Visitation
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6

Visitation

(2011) Animation
Jefferson Circus Songs
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6

Jefferson Circus Songs

(1974) Director
Crocus
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6

Crocus

(1971) Writer
El Doctor
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6

El Doctor

(2006) Director
Cartoon Noir
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8

Cartoon Noir

(1999) Director
Clay Woman Smoking
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6

Clay Woman Smoking

(2024) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2011 Herself
2006 Herself
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Producer
2013 Producer
2006 Producer
1971 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Sound Designer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Animation
Animation
1995 Animation
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Writer
1971 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Editor
1971 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1999 Thanks
1979 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1979 Painter
Year Role Movie/Tv

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