Susan Froemke

Susan Froemke is an American film director and producer. Froemke was the associate producer and one of the editors of the influential 1975 documentary film Grey Gardens, which was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2010. The 2001 documentary LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, which she co-directed with Deborah Dickson, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Wagner's Dream is her most recent film. In 2002, Froemke received a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for her work on Recording the Producers â€“ A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks. Froemke received a Cinema Eye Honors Legacy Award in 2011 for her work on Grey Gardens. She divides her time between East Hampton, where Grey Gardens is set, and Manhattan. From 2009 to 2012, Froemke collaborated with Matthew Heineman on Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which premiered at Sundance 2012. The film was later released in theaters by Roadside Attractions October 5.

Awards by Susan Froemke

Check all the awards nominated and won by Susan Froemke.

2014

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Science And Technology Programming	Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare CNN Films

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special	The Alzheimer's Project Momentum In Science (Parts 1 & 2)

2002

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature	LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

2001

Grammy Award for Best Music Film

Honored for : Recording The Producers - A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature	LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Grammy Award for Best Music Film	Recording The Producers - A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks

1992

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special

Honored for : Abortion: Desperate Choices

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts	Great Performances Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis in Baroque Duet
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special	Abortion: Desperate Choices

1991

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming

Honored for : Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia

(Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming)

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries	Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming	Soldiers Of Music: Rostorpovitch Returns To Russia Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts	Horowitz Plays Mozart

1987

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts

Honored for : The Last Romantic

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Program - Performing Arts	The Last Romantic