Mary Pickford posing with her best actress Oscar for Coquette (1929).
USC School of cinematic arts - mary pickford alumni award recipient speech, los angeles - 2017
Created in 1995, in partnership with the Mary Pickford Foundation, the Mary Pickford Alumni Award pays tribute to men and women of USC whose extraordinary achievements bring special distinction to the School and to the industry. Past recipients include: Kevin Feige, Brian Grazer, Shonda Rhimes, Jay Roach, and Stacey Sher. Suzanne and Jennifer Todd were honored with the Pickford Alumni Award and Suzanne gave her acceptance speech at the 2017 USC SCA commencement.
Q&A with Helena Bonham Carter, Facebook live – 2016
Suzanne and Helena Bonham Carter, The Red Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass, answer questions about the film from fans on Facebook live.
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - DISNEY SOCIAL MEDIA MOMS, ORLANDO - 2016
Suzanne spoke about balancing being a mom while producing Alice Through the Looking Glass in London.
D23 Disney – 100 years of Alice in Wonderland, anaheim – 2016
Suzanne shares secrets from the story of Alice Through the Looking Glass!
USC 90th Anniversary Alumni Conversations Series: Class of 1986, los angeles - 2019
In celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the School of Cinematic Arts, SCA alumni led conversations on stage with fellow alumni whose work they admire or whose careers have inspired them. In this series, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszweski, Jay Roach, Stephen Sommers, and Suzanne Todd had a conversation.
The anniversary event included a Q&A and viewing selected clips. The series celebrates the incredible history of the School through USC’s diverse alumni community, in order to foster unique and entertaining dialogues that will bring alumni back to campus throughout the year.
USC School of cinematic arts Graduation video - 2020
Suzanne joins SCA alumni to congratulate and offer words of encouragement to the SCA class of 2020 for their virtual graduation.
The 2020 Producers Guild awards
The Producers Guild Awards honor excellence in motion picture and television productions, as well as the most notable names in the industry shaping the producing profession. The Guild’s awards have been established as a bellwether for the Academy Awards, as PGA winners often predict the winners at the Oscars.
The Producers Guild Awards ceremony presented several special honors to Ted Sarandos (Milestone Award); Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures); Marta Kauffman (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television); Octavia Spencer (Visionary Award); and the Lionsgate film “Bombshell” (The Stanley Kramer Award).
Suzanne served as the 2020 Producers Guild Awards Executive Producer.
CHRYSALIS BUTTERFLY BALL, LOS ANGELES - 2019
The 2019 Chrysalis Butterfly Ball raised $1.5 million to help lift people out of poverty and homelessness by providing them with the necessary tools to find and keep jobs. Held at the private Mandeville Canyon estate of Susan Harris and Hayward Kaiser, the 18th affair honored singer-songwriter-record producer Linda Perry; film and television producer Suzanne Todd; and Chrysalis clients Suzette and Antonio Donaldson. For more coverage of the event, visit the LA Times for the full article.
Face off, Season 11, Episode 7, Syfy - 2017
Face Off is a reality television game show on SyFy where a group of prosthetic makeup artists compete against each other to create prostheses similar to those found in sci-fi and horror films. Suzanne sat on a panel of judges in an episode entitled Puppet Masters, where contestants create magical marionette characters.
Suzanne Todd on pitching, Austin Powers, Memento & more - Producers Guild of America, Los angeles - 2016
Ten PGA members and ten Veterans in Film & Television members had the opportunity to sit in a closed session with Suzanne and Lysa Heslov to talk all things producing.
Game Developers Conference - GDC, Disney Storytellers Panel, San Francisco - 2016
The hugely anticipated event was attended by more than 250 press, game developers and business partners who heard from panelists Ronnie del Carmen (co-director, Inside Out), Chris Buck (director, Frozen) and Suzanne Todd (producer, Alice Through the Looking Glass) about their approaches to storytelling and what influences their stories.
Archer Film Festival - “Breaking into the Business” - with Jason Reitman and Hannah Minghella, Los angeles - 2016
Suzanne spoke on the “Breaking into the Business” panel at the Archer School for Girl’s film festival.
“I think I sent two hundred letters [for a job] and I got one interview, and the crazy thing is that I got that job, which was a good job, and it grew into more things. At that job, I got to do every one of those incredibly tedious things to do and I learned from them,” Todd said.
Shelley Reid, President of Visionary Women at the 2016 event.
Visionary Women – bringing men into the conversation, Los Angeles – 2016
Suzanne speaks on the recent trends of powerful female characters on streaming platforms and feature films.
USC Comedy Festival’s Women in Comedy panel, los angeles - 2016
Suzanne joined performers Nicole Byer, Maria Bamford and Cameron Esposito to speak at USC as part of three-day USC Comedy Festival. Panelists spoke about the ups and downs of pursuing a career in show business and dispelling stereotypes that comedies with women can’t be successful.