Susan Stern
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Susan Stern is a writer, director and producer. Her most recent film, Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez, is about her late husband, the legendary underground cartoonist. Bad Attitude recently screened at DOCNYC, the Mill Valley Film Festival and Slamdance. Her film, The Self-Made Man, was nominated for two national Emmy awards. Her first film, Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour, is taught in more than 1,000 universities.
Susan Stern is an award-winning poet, investigative reporter and filmmaker. Her early investigation of admissions at UC San Francisco's medical schools unseated a bigoted member of the admissions committee. Her exposé of Bay Area military base closings was credited by the Wall Street Journal with "saving thousands of local jobs." Her documentaries Barbie Nation and The Self-Made Man played worldwide at festivals and on television, winning numerous awards and two Emmy nominations. Her new film is Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez, about her late husband, the legendary underground cartoonist. Bad Attitude has screened at Slamdance, DOCNYC, The Mill Valley Film Festival, and many other festivals in the US and around the world.
