Directing

Susan Rohrer

Susan Rohrer cut her teeth as a director on an adaptation of James Weldon Johnson's acclaimed God's Trombones, followed by directing 100 episodes of award-winning drama Another Life. Thereafter, Rohrer produced and directed (and in some cases wrote) four specials for CBS and one for ABC, as well as For Jenny With Love and TV movie Mother's Day for the Family Channel. She went on to direct six epis…

Known For

Death in Small DosesDeath in Small Doses · 1995
Death in Small Doses
6.51995
MovieCrimeDrama
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the children away from the suspected murderer. All evidence points against Richard, but in court Richard surprisingly presents proof that his wife had depressions and maybe killed herself - or are these proofs just fake? -- Depicts an authentic case.
Mother's DayMother's Day · 1989
Mother's Day
7.51989
MovieDrama
A young black man is arrested for a crime. Now the police and the D.A. are convinced that he is guilty, but his mother doesn't believe this and sets out to prove his innocence.
Another pretty faceAnother pretty face · 2002
Another pretty face
4.72002
Movie
About SarahAbout Sarah · 1998
About Sarah
6.81998
MovieDramaTV Movie
When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited by her normal daughter.
Book of DaysBook of Days · 2003
Book of Days
7.52003
MovieDrama
A grief-struck life insurance salesman rails at God for not stepping in to save his bride; but the tables are turned when a mysterious book is delivered to him, an ancient volume listing names and death dates, dates which are yet to occur.
Terrible Things My Mother Told MeTerrible Things My Mother Told Me · 1988
Terrible Things My Mother Told Me
1988
MovieDramaTV Movie
16-year-old girl doesn't realize that her mother emotionally and verbally abusive to her.
BonesBones · 2005
Bones
8.22005
SeriesCrimeDrama
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
CBS Schoolbreak SpecialCBS Schoolbreak Special · 1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
5.51984
Series
CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series began under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was changed during the 1984 - 85 season. The concept was very similar to ABC's Afterschool Special.

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