Suezean has 20 years experience in film and video production. Based in Austin, she works as a Director of Photography, camera operator and producer.
Getting her start in Los Angeles, Suezean worked her way up from grip to camera, then moved to Austin to co-found the music software company Nemesys, the first company to develop drive-based streaming audio. Their GigaStudio product line, designed for studio music recording, was used to score Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Academy Award winning Gladiator and hundreds of other films and network shows.
After selling NemeSys to Tascam Japan in 2001, Suezean returned to her film roots. Relearning her craft in a digital format, she formed Matahari Pictures, a small production and editing studio in Austin, Texas. She has a visual style that has been compared to top photographers and has traveled around the world to film documentaries and narrative projects, most recently a documentary in Northern India, chronicling the impact of farmer suicides on their surviving children.
Suezean serves the Austin community by sharing her love and respect of film, and the process of filmmaking. Former CFO of (AFA) Austin Film Alliance, she mentors RTF students from the University of Texas, along with other interns from all walks of life. She works closely with teachers and young aspiring filmmakers, co-authoring the Media Tech and Film Department’s 2008 curriculum at all Leander ISD high schools. Her inclusive approach to film brings interns to shadow in the Camera, Grip and Electric departments on film productions with the goal of creating opportunities for women in non-traditional roles.
Long involved in working with non-profits, she currently serves on the boards for two area non-profit organizations. She is a member of the advisory council for Our Mission Possible, an organization that forms a bridge between the judicial system and young, at-risk teens in East Austin. Suezean also serves as a board member for Reel Women, a non-profit organization that provides a local support system for women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries.
Getting her start in Los Angeles, Suezean worked her way up from grip to camera, then moved to Austin to co-found the music software company Nemesys, the first company to develop drive-based streaming audio. Their GigaStudio product line, designed for studio music recording, was used to score Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Academy Award winning Gladiator and hundreds of other films and network shows.
After selling NemeSys to Tascam Japan in 2001, Suezean returned to her film roots. Relearning her craft in a digital format, she formed Matahari Pictures, a small production and editing studio in Austin, Texas. She has a visual style that has been compared to top photographers and has traveled around the world to film documentaries and narrative projects, most recently a documentary in Northern India, chronicling the impact of farmer suicides on their surviving children.
Suezean serves the Austin community by sharing her love and respect of film, and the process of filmmaking. Former CFO of (AFA) Austin Film Alliance, she mentors RTF students from the University of Texas, along with other interns from all walks of life. She works closely with teachers and young aspiring filmmakers, co-authoring the Media Tech and Film Department’s 2008 curriculum at all Leander ISD high schools. Her inclusive approach to film brings interns to shadow in the Camera, Grip and Electric departments on film productions with the goal of creating opportunities for women in non-traditional roles.
Long involved in working with non-profits, she currently serves on the boards for two area non-profit organizations. She is a member of the advisory council for Our Mission Possible, an organization that forms a bridge between the judicial system and young, at-risk teens in East Austin. Suezean also serves as a board member for Reel Women, a non-profit organization that provides a local support system for women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries.
Suezean has been working in Independent Film here in Austin, TX since 2002. Her experience stretches beyond her camera work to include budgeting, scheduling and production.
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Fujinon Press Release
Austin Chronical
Creative Cow
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