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The name Life On Its Side Productions came about after a difficult battle with an Ikea bed. I realized that I spent most of my life looking at things one way and needed to learn to put life on its side in order to get a clearer vision of things. Think of me as Tarantino on estrogen, making films in a minor key. The focus of Life On Its Side Productions has been to take the ordinary conventions of film and turn them on their side. Take the female stereotype and put a male spin on it. Take the male and put an estrogen twist on it. Find a way to turn the world on its side and see what happens. Along the way, I have found a band of "devoted psychopaths" who have decided to join me on this journey, most coming from The Ark Theatre Company, where I have found a home as a theater director. Directing there since 2003, I have had the pleasure of working on plays such as "Lloyd's Prayer" and "Afterplay" with the most talented actors in Hollywood. As a filmmaker, I am addicted to guerrilla filmmaking. I have done three 48 Hour Film Project films - Dark Guitar, Weight of the Word, and The Change-Up and a National Film Challenge - One Bad Day. Give me an impossible deadline, no budget, and no time and I'm at my best. Can't imagine what I would do with time, a budget and no insane deadline... although I'd like to find out some day. Susan Lee - Resume Theater: Resident Director at the Eclectic Company Theatre. Adventures of the Clouded Crystal; No Snakes in This Grass; Impassioned Embraces; USC MPW One Act Playwriting Festival (2003, 2004, 2008); Girl's Guide to Chaos; Second Coming; Lloyd's Prayer (LA Weekly Pick of the Week); Afterplay; The Apology (staged reading - Slamdance screenplay winner); Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You; Ark Theatre Company's Holiday Suite; Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens; Importance of Being Ernest; Godislav; Keely & Du; Flawless (Semi-Finalist "Hurricane Season" Playwriting Competition) Film: As Producer: AFI Directing Women's Workshop - Father Xmas, written and directed by Marie Rose, and Sound of a Voice, based on a play by David Henry Hwang, directed by Susan Hoffman. Other short films as producer: Sweet Union, Love in Falling As Writer/Director/Producer: Shorts films: Fertility Rites; Dark Guitar (48 Hour Film Project); Weight of the Word (48 Hour Film Project); The Change-Up (48 Hour Film Project, Top 5 Finalist for Famecast.com); One Bad Day (National Film Challenge), A Hit To The Heart (48 Hour Film Project). Feature Films: Cinderella Drives a Pick-Up |