Su Friedrich

Su Friedrich

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

New Haven, Connecticut, USA
December 12, 1954

Biography

Su Friedrich has directed twenty-four films and videos since 1978, which have been featured in eighteen retrospectives at major museums and film festivals, including one at the Museum of Modern Art in 2007. The films have been widely screened at film festivals, universities and art centers, have been extensively written about, and have won numerous awards, including Grand Prix for Sink or Swim at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Her DVD collection is distributed by Outcast Films. She teaches video production at Princeton University.

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Representative Works

Dykes, Camera, Action!
Dykes, Camera, Action!
0.5
/ English
Sink or Swim
Sink or Swim
6.4
/ English
Damned If You Don't
Damned If You Don't
4.8
/ English
First Comes Love
First Comes Love
6.5
/ English
Queen Takes Pawn
Queen Takes Pawn
No Rating Yet
/ English
But No One
But No One
4.8
/ English
Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek
6.4
/ English
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '20
6.0
/ English
Lavender Limelight
Lavender Limelight
6.5
/ English
Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too
Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too
8.0
/ English
The Ties That Bind
The Ties That Bind
6.8
/ English
The Renegades
The Renegades
No Rating Yet
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018Nominee

Best Performance

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Sink or Swim
1990Nominee

Best Director

Sink or Swim

Damned If You Don't
1987Nominee

Best Director

Damned If You Don't

Career Highlights

First Comes Love
1991Highlight

Best Director

First Comes Love

Queen Takes Pawn
2013Highlight

Best Director

Queen Takes Pawn