Susan Lacy

Biography

Susan Lacy is a producer and writer, known for American Masters (1985), Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) and This Reporter (1990).

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

52

Known For

• 

  Very Ralph
• 

  Spielberg
• 

  Jane Fonda in Five Acts
• 

  Inventing David Geffen
• 

  Judy Garland: By Myself
• 

  Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

Credits

• production (33 credits)

  • Billy Joel: And So It Goes

    producer

    production

    - Part Two (2025) ... producer production

    - Part One (2025) ... producer production
    2025
  • 999: The Forgotten Girls

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • The Janes

    executive producer

    production
    2022
  • Becoming Helen Keller

    executive producer

    production
    2021
  • Very Ralph

    producer

    production
    2019
  • Searching for Mr. Rugoff

    executive producer

    production
    2019
  • Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    producer

    production
    2018
  • Spielberg

    producer

    production
    2017
  • Janis: Little Girl Blue

    executive producer

    production
    2015
  • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    executive producer

    production
    2013
  • Eames: The Architect and the Painter

    executive producer

    production
    2011
  • Neil Young: Don't Be Denied

    executive producer

    production
    2009
  • John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature

    executive producer

    production
    2007
  • Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

    executive producer

    production
    2007
  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • Sketches of Frank Gehry

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • The Education of Gore Vidal

    executive producer

    production
    2003
  • Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    producer

    production
    2003
  • Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

    executive producer

    production
    2000
  • Norman Rockwell: Painting America

    executive producer

    production
    1999
  • Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    executive producer

    production
    1999
  • Nichols and May: Take Two

    executive producer

    production
    1996
  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    producer

    production
    1994
  • Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

    executive producer

    production
    1994
  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    executive producer

    production
    1990
  • Martin Scorsese Directs

    executive producer

    production
    1990
  • Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    executive producer

    production
    1990
  • W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    executive producer

    production
    1989
  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    executive producer

    production
    1989
  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    executive producer

    production
    1989
  • American Masters

    - Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007) ... executive producer production
    1986
  • Seguin

    development manager

    production
    1982

• creators (2 credits)

  • Billy Joel: And So It Goes

    creator

    creators
    2025
  • American Masters

    creator

    creators
    1986

• writing (6 credits)

  • Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

    writer

    writing
    2020
  • Mike Nichols: An American Master

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Judy Garland: By Myself

    writer

    writing
    2004
  • Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    writer

    writing
    2003
  • Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

    writer

    writing
    1998
  • Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    writer

    writing
    1998

• directing (10 credits)

  • Billy Joel: And So It Goes

    - Part Two (2025) ... director directing

    - Part One (2025) ... director directing
    2025
  • Very Ralph

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Spielberg

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Inventing David Geffen

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Judy Garland: By Myself

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

    director

    directing
    1993

• crew (1 credits)

  • American Masters

    - W.E.B. Du Bois (2026) ... creator crew

    - Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House (2026) ... creator crew

    - Sun Ra: Do the Impossible (2026) ... creator crew

    - Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire (2026) ... creator crew

    - Groucho & Cavett (2022) ... creator crew
    1986