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).

Career Overview

Susan Lacy has 52 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Spielberg, Very Ralph, Jane Fonda in Five Acts. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

52

Known For

• 

  Spielberg
• 

  Very Ralph
• 

  Jane Fonda in Five Acts
• 

  Inventing David Geffen
• 

  Judy Garland: By Myself
• 

  Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

Frequent Collaborators

• David Geffen (3 collaborations)
• Steven Spielberg (2 collaborations)
• Tom Hanks (2 collaborations)
• Martin Scorsese (1 collaborations)
• Richard Dreyfuss (1 collaborations)
• Francis Ford Coppola (1 collaborations)
• J.J. Abrams (1 collaborations)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (1 collaborations)
• Cate Blanchett (1 collaborations)
• Drew Barrymore (1 collaborations)

Credits

• creators (2 credits)

  • Billy Joel: And So It Goes

    creator

    creators
    2025
  • American Masters

    creator

    creators
    1986

• 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

• 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

    - Mary Oliver; Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) ... creator crew

    - 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
    1986