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Susan-Sojourna Collier

Susan-Sojourna CollierWriter, Director

With a background in poetry & playwriting, Susan-Sojourna Collier received an Emmy® Nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series for All My Children. Susan-Sojourna partnered with the late Tommy Ford (Martin, Who Got Jokes & Harlem Night) to produce two films distributed by Lionsgate/Grindstone. The first feature film Conflict of Interest premiered at the Las Vegas Black Film Festival, BronzeLens Festival, and Peachtree Village International Film Festival. Presently, the film airs on Aspire TV and it is the highest-rated film on the network. The second feature, Switching Lanes, received the Best Feature honor at the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival. Also, she penned the screenplay Get the Show on the Road, an adaptation of a romantic comedy novel, which was a semi-finalist in the Tribeca Screenwriting Festival. Currently, she is finishing the documentary Through My Lens: A Study of Bullying in the African American Community.

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