Asparagus
This candy colored, sexually charged nightmare rocked audiences upon its release and catapulted Pitt to the front ranks of indie animation. (1979) "One of the most lavish and wondrous animated shorts ever made . . . an overwhelming visual experience." - Oscar-winning Animator John Canemaker

Joy Street (1995)
A "vivid, intriguing, and bizarre" (The New York Times) masterpiece, Joy Street captures a woman's journey from suicidal despair to personal renewal, with the help of an unlikely spirit guide. (1995)

El Doctor (2006)
Inspired by the art of Mexico, El Doctor follows a melancholic physician in a Mexican hospital who prefers drinking to doctoring. Transformed by the visit of a psychedelic saint, he begins to perform miracles on an odd assortment of hospital patients. (2006) "Delightful, visual ecstasy!" - LA Weekly


Suzan Pitt is a multi-faceted artist whose paintings and animated films have won numerous prizes worldwide. Her film Asparagus played with David Lynch's Eraserhead for two years on the Midnight Movie circuit, while Joy Street premiered at the New York Film Festival.

Suzan studied painting and discovered animation through using a small 8mm camera in 1971. She has had major exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and Holly Solomon Gallery in New York, and the Stedlijk Museum in Amsterdam. She has designed two operas in Germany, which were the first operas to include animated images for the stage (Damnation of Faust and The Magic Flute). Pitt has also created two large multi-media shows at the Venice Biennale and Harvard University.

Her interest in Latin themes (El Doctor) springs from an early childhood on the Texas border and many excursions to Central America and Mexico where she painted studies for her films. She created the first animated shorts for television featuring Spanish-speaking characters (Colors/Colores on PBS) and also directed one of the first Latino animation series for the Cartoon Network (Troubles the Cat).

Her work has been acclaimed by critics worldwide. J. Hoberman (Village Voice) wrote, "Pitt may be our Snow White hope - more than any other animator, she has the gifts that could sustain a feature-length work."

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