Suzanne Lenz

Suzanne Lenz is an actress and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Christmas Eve Eve Or: The Things I Can’t Remember is her first directorial effort. Recently, she produced her first feature film Every Man for Himself, directed by Gary Gardner and starring Daniel Sharman and Nicholas Logan. As an actress, she can be seen in the television shows Silicon Valley, Crashing, and Blindspot, and the feature films Obvious Child, The Desiring, and Ricki and the Flash. A Kentucky native, Suzanne received her BA in Theatre from Davidson College in North Carolina. She's spent time studying abroad with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the British American Drama Academy in London. In NYC, she's studied improv and sketch comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade, and taken scene study with renowned actress Maria Dizzia at The Freeman Studio.

Tom Bean is a filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in Brooklyn, NY. Christmas Eve Eve Or: The Things I Can’t Remember is his first narrative directorial effort. He co-directed the feature-length documentary Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself (a NY Times' "Critics Pick" and an Entertainment Weekly "Must See"), which was released in theaters and then presented on TV as part of PBS's American Masters series. He subsequently collaborated as a writer on the 2017 film Landline (“story by” credit), which premiered in narrative competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Amazon Studios. He also co-created and produces the ongoing short film interview series My First Time for the literary magazine The Paris Review which features interviews with well-known writers about their first published work.

C R E D I T S

Producer, Writer, and Director: Suzanne Lenz & Tom Bean
Executive Producer: Gillian Robespierre
Starring:
Suzanne Lenz as "Morgan"
David Dean Bottrell as "Phil"
Janet Zarish as "Beverly"
Jay Rogers as "Jeff"
Director of Photography: Katherine Castro
Editor: Casey Brooks, Tom Bean
Music By: Chris Bordeaux & Michael Abiuso
Co-Producer: Lauren Leland
Assistant Director: Jason Shahinfar
Sound Designer & Editor: Marcus DiLauro
Sound Mixer: Monica Rodriguez 
Colorist: Marika Litz
1st Assistant Camera: Samantha Tetro
2nd Assistant Camera: Peter J. Harrison
2nd Assistant Camera: Alec Addalia
Gaffer: Sam Robinson
Key Grip: Dan Peck
Production Assistant: Keira Cronin
Catering By: Kelli Scott

F E S T I V A L S

Greenpoint Film Festival 2021 Brooklyn, NY

The Women’s Film Festival 2021 Philadelphia, PA

Imagine This Women’s Film Festival 2021 New York

Mill Valley Film Festival 2021 San Rafael, CA

SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival 2021 Cranston, RI

Honorable Mention Best Screenplay

Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival 2021 New York

Louisville’s International Festival of Film 2021 Louisville, KY