Susie DeFord is a filmmaker, writer, & musician who plays as NEON GRLZ.
Susie specializes in music videos, documentary, and fiction films with a focus on stories of underrepresented voices, primarily of women 40+.
She directed the experimental film "MOMENT ELECTRIC,"
the documentary "You Can't Take Her Out," &
wrote "Life in Transition," a feature film in development.
Susie is passionate about mentoring and teaching production in the community by utilizing smartphone filmmaking and other budget conscious equipment to level the playing field and nurture underrepresented voices. She is a youth mentor with Anacostia Youth Media.
Susie is the author of the poetry collection Dogs of Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in BOMB, Poets and Artists, Mipoesias, Work Zine, Dog Fancy, Shampoo, the Anthology "Dogs Singing," amongst others. She taught writing at Brooklyn Friends School, Berkeley Carroll, and the College of New Rochelle, and Kingston Writers studio.
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