Susan Cartsonis

Susan Cartsonis
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA) New York University (MFA)

Susan Cartsonis is an American film producer and the president of Storefront Pictures. She produced Firelight, Where the Heart Is, What Women Want, Aquamarine, Beastly, and Carrie Pilby, and was the executive producer of The Mistress of Spices and No Reservations. In 2000, she was named one of the top five grossing producers of the year by The Hollywood Reporter. She is President of Wind Dancer Films. She is also Senior Vice President at 20th Century Fox.

Susan is a faculty member within the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing program at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Education

She received her MFA in dramatic writing from NYU (1984) and a bachelor of arts in theatre from UCLA.

Filmography

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
1997	Firelight	Co-executive producer
2000	Where the Heart Is
	Company Man	Co-executive producer
	What Women Want
2005	The Mistress of Spices	Executive producer
2006	Aquamarine
2007	No Reservations	Executive producer
2011	Beastly
2015	The DUFF
2016	Carrie Pilby
	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Executive producer
2017	Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
2020	Feel the Beat
2022	Dear Zoe	Executive producer
	Space Oddity	Executive producer
2023	True Spirit
	Sitting in Bars with Cake
TBA	Audrey's Children	Executive producer
	Cowgirl's Last Ride
	Salvation Creek	Executive producer

Year	Film	Role
2018	Just Between Us	Special thanks
	Rajma Chawal	The producers and director wish to thank
2020	Residue	Very heartfelt thanks
	A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting	Special thanks

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2015	Invisible Sister	Executive producer	Television film
2018	Freaky Friday	Executive producer	Television film
2019	Descendants 3	Executive producer	Television film
2020	Upside-Down Magic	Executive producer	Television film

External links

• Susan Cartsonis at IMDb
• Storefront Pictures