Susan Sandler

Writing

Susan Sandler

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

Susan Sandler is an American writer and professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She is best known for her play Crossing Delancey, which she adapted into a film in 1988 with the same name starring Amy Irving and directed by Joan Micklin Silver.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Crossing Delancey poster
5.9

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.

Crossing Delancey

1988

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way poster
5.2

Decades ago, Julia Scotti performed as Rick Scotti, and appeared on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” in this tender, funny, and triumphant comeback story.

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way

2020

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way poster
5.2

Decades ago, Julia Scotti performed as Rick Scotti, and appeared on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” in this tender, funny, and triumphant comeback story.

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way

2020

Friends at Last poster
6.0

Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.

Friends at Last

1995

The Artist Must Grow Ever More Selfish poster
NR

A tender documentary portrait from director Susan Sandler, drawn from Ned Rorem's Paris Diary. The film offers a candid, intimate and dream like visit with the young composer in 1950s Paris, narrated in his own words. Through diary excerpts and music, it reveals a dashing, self-searching artist moving through a vibrant cultural world of writers, composers, and taste makers whose paths crossed with his. Both personal and provocative, the film captures Rorem's fearless honesty, his unguarded reflections on love and ambition, and the formative experiences that shaped his artistic voice.

The Artist Must Grow Ever More Selfish

2026