Michael Sucsy was born on February 14,1973 and is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
11 Facts About Michael Sucsy
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Michael Sucsy is best known for directing the HBO film Grey Gardens and The Vow.
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Michael Sucsy then pursued work as a production assistant, an art department coordinator, a production secretary, and an assistant director on feature films, commercials, and music videos in Washington DC, New York City, and Los Angeles.
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Michael Sucsy later went on to earn a Masters of Fine Arts in film from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
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In 2003, Michael Sucsy was inspired to write and direct a narrative feature film about the famous true story of Jackie O's eccentric relatives "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale called Grey Gardens after viewing the well-known documentary of the same name.
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The day after he first watched the documentary, Michael Sucsy embarked on what was to become a six-year process to get Grey Gardens made.
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Michael Sucsy used primary sources including Little Edie's personal correspondence, private journals, and poetry as well as interviews with family members and friends as the basis of his original script which traced the Beales' tragic descent from riches to rags over some forty years.
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Michael Sucsy followed up The Vow with the film adaptation of the novel Every Day.
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Every Day is a 2018 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Michael Sucsy and written by Jesse Andrews, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by David Levithan.
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On December 11,2018 Deadline Hollywood announced that Michael Sucsy will write and direct a film adaptation of Playing to the Gods based on the novel by Peter Rader.
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Michael Sucsy became engaged to interior designer Demitri Sgourakis on February 14,2012, Michael Sucsy's 39th birthday.