SUZANNE MITCHELL
Suffern,NY
Summary
Award-winning producer and director with extensive experience in documentaries, factual and unscripted series, investigative specials, true crime, reality television, branded content, and live programming. Skilled in series development, storytelling, content strategy, talent direction, and managing field crews and complex productions in challenging environments. Credits include Netflix, Hulu, Discovery, HBO, and Paramount+. Recipient of two Emmy Awards and two Gracie Awards.
Portfolio: FullMotionPictures.com | FullPurposeMedia.com
Work History
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
- Developed and produced documentaries, streaming content, and docuseries, overseeing teams and managing all logistics to deliver compelling narratives.
- Showrunner / Paramount+. Creating observational docu-series following the high-stakes work and real-life drama of the Marion County Florida Sheriff’s Aviation and ground units, based in Ocala, Florida.
- Co-Exec. Producer / U.S. Field Producer / Director, RAW-TV. Produced real-crime feature “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” and “The Most Dangerous Man on the Internet” for NETFLIX. Co-Exec. Producer (LSP) for 13th Season of Discovery’s “Gold Rush.”
- Supervising Producer, multi-part docs for Netflix, ABC, NBC, HBO, A&E, VH1, History, Oxygen. 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders (HARPO/Oprah Winfrey) | Woodstock Now and Then | Fatal Fathers | The Way Home | The Hamptons | Indian Motorcycle Heritage & Reveal | Killer Motives | G-String Divas | Buried in the Backyard | Killer Relationship | Killer Motive | Unknown Serial Killer of America
- Develops and produces documentaries, streaming content, and docuseries. Oversees teams and all logistics.
- Producer, gripping and deeply moving film uncovering the shocking aftermath of human suffering immediately after the atomic bombing of Japan. Exposed never before seen footage. “ATOMIC COVER-UP”
- Producer, feature and short films investigating international and national news stories. Navigating harsh production environments in South Sudan, Haiti, Kenya, Uganda. Soft Power Health | Cabin Creek Films / Barbara Kopple: “Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation” & “A Force of Nature” | S.O.U.L. Foundation: “Maternal Health Film”
- Supervised production of multi-part documentaries for major networks including Netflix, ABC, NBC, and HBO, highlighting significant historical events such as the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders.
- Director feature film offering an unfiltered look into the lives of guinea pigs and the people who adore them, breed them, show them, and rescue them. “Guinea Pig Diaries” https://guineapigfilm.com/
- Documentary Films / Factual Series / True Crime
- Produced numerous lifestyle programs: cooking & chef documentaries, studio and field-based food shows in foreign countries, home improvement, gardening, parenting, and numerous celebrity profile docs and specials. MSNBC, Hearst Entertainment, Food Network, FX, E!, VH1, Lifetime, Time Warner, Martha Stewart Living
- Lifestyle & Entertainment Television Programming
- Produced branded digital docu-series “Clean Those Leads” alongside UK advertising company Made Clear.
- Produce and direct branded and “how-to” digital media assets for Lewis Miller Design (aka “The Flower Bandit”). Managed end-to-end creative process and digital distribution. LMD
- Produced and directed branded digital media assets for luxury goods and not-for profit sponsors. Created YouTube “how to” webisodes. Managed end-to-end creative process. Hearst Digital Media
- Created archive, directed interviews re: Atlantic Yards project, Barclay’s Center. Forest City Ratner Companies
- Produced and field directed 75th Anniversary film acknowledging on-going need for support while highlighting domestic programs in Appalachia. Save The Children
- Created 52 groundbreaking webisodes for AT&T’s Tech Channel by creating an unrivaled tech variety show. Hugh Thompson Show
- Developed video for commodity futures, options trading company & HR. Forecast Trading, JP Morgan Chase
- Produced and directed webisodes for style segments and fashion “do’s and don’ts” and partnered with major department stores, stylists, and models. Oprah.com
- Directed webisodes to promote DVD release of series Rescue Me. Sony Pictures Television
- Shared live conference programming across the US and in Europe. Wrote scripts, interviewed corporate clients, and developed content used to promote new products introduced at conference. SAP
- Project managed production/post-production for 12-part historical mini-series. Bank of America
- Digital Series, Corporate Initiatives, Branded Entertainment
- Applies documentary and factual production expertise to digital platforms, developing original content that enhanced brand equity, expanded audience reach, and drove measurable engagement.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Communications
Skills
Field Production Small Team Management
Senior Field Production
Story Producing
Story Development
Field Direction
Unscripted Series
High-Stakes Environments
Narrative Direction
Production Coordination
Financial Oversight
Documentary Research
Field Producing
Affiliations
- Rivertown Film Society: Bringing Independent Films to Rockland County – Board member 2009-Present
- UNIFEM: The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women – Consultant 2010 / 2011
- ROSA (Ramapo Organized for Sustainability and A Safe Aquifer) – Board President since 2011
Timeline
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New York Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Communications
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