Susan Seidelman (born December 11, 1952, Philadelphia) is an American movie director.

Career

Susan Seidelman belongs to the first wave of female independent film makers in the American cinema of the 1980s. She graduated Abington Senior High School in 1969 , and went on to study fashion and arts at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Her first attempts in movie making at New York University Tisch School of the Arts Film school were awarded.