Susan Rohrer
Directing
Biography
Susan Rohrer cut her teeth as a director on an adaptation of James Weldon Johnson's acclaimed God's Trombones, followed by directing 100 episodes of award-winning drama Another Life. Thereafter, Rohrer produced and directed (and in some cases wrote) four specials for CBS and one for ABC, as well as For Jenny With Love and TV movie Mother's Day for the Family Channel. She went on to direct six episodes of teen comedy Sweet Valley High, as well as the pilot, Dojo Kids. Rohrer produced/directed/wrote (shared teleplay) the CBS sponsored movie, About Sarah, and wrote PAX television movies Another Pretty Face and Book of Days. Rohrer's projects have received numerous industry awards and nominations including an Emmy Award (Never Say Goodbye, also nominated for an Emmy in cinematography [Ken Lamkin, ASC]), and three additional personal Emmy nominations in outstanding producing, directing and writing categories (Terrible Things My Mother Told Me, The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern, and If I Die Before I Wake). Rohrer directed Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen to a SAG Award nomination for About Sarah, which was also the recipient of The Christopher Award, The Film Advisory Board's Award of Excellence, and "Best in Festival" at the Breckenridge Festival of Film, and a finalist for the Media Access Awards. Rohrer co-executive produced, co-wrote the finale, and directed the multiple award-winning entire first season of the television series These Stones (2024). Additionally, Rohrer's work has been recognized with honors by the NEA, the American Women In Radio and Television's Public Service Award (Sexual Considerations), the Angel Awards, the CINE Golden Eagle Awards, and has received three NAACP Image Award nominations (Mother's Day) including Best Television Movie and two Best Actor nominations (for Denise Nicholas, Malcolm-Jamal Warner). Rohrer's work on These Stones has been honored by award wins and nominations from ICVM, ICFF, KIFF, CONTENT, CARE, Salty Earth Film Festival, and Faith in Film. Rohrer was named Lady Director of the Year in the 2nd annual Women's Film Festival in 2024.
Known For
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Bones
CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series began under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was changed during the 1984 - 85 season. The concept was very similar to ABC's Afterschool Special.
CBS Schoolbreak Special
A young woman gets drawn into a supernatural system with Bible characters working undercover to help people today.
These Stones
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the children away from the suspected murderer. All evidence points against Richard, but in court Richard surprisingly presents proof that his wife had depressions and maybe killed herself - or are these proofs just fake? -- Depicts an authentic case.
Death in Small Doses
When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited by her normal daughter.
About Sarah
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Another pretty face
A young black man is arrested for a crime. Now the police and the D.A. are convinced that he is guilty, but his mother doesn't believe this and sets out to prove his innocence.
Mother's Day
A grief-struck life insurance salesman rails at God for not stepping in to save his bride; but the tables are turned when a mysterious book is delivered to him, an ancient volume listing names and death dates, dates which are yet to occur.
Book of Days
16-year-old girl doesn't realize that her mother emotionally and verbally abusive to her.