Susan Gorrell has been the Executive Director of the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival for more than a decade. This renowned festival has grown under Susan’s direction to become one of the most well-respected film festivals in the indie filmmaking world, attracting filmmakers and film lovers from far and wide. MovieMaker Magazine recognized it as one of the “25 coolest film festivals in the world” and one of the “Top 50 film festivals worth the submission fee.” The festival is among the Top 100 Best-Rated Festivals on FilmFreeway.com.
Susan is also an Indie film producer and co-founder of Oakmill Entertainment. In 2016 she produced the internationally released feature film, Supercon, starring John Malkovich, Clancy Brown, Mike Epps, Tyrus and more.
Since then, she’s produced multiple indie features, shorts, a TV Pilot and even a documentary traveling across the United States in an RV.
Susan comes from a musical family that have been in the Christian recording and distribution industry for over 40 years. Her husband, Ken, has worked in the film industry for over 30 years as a Special Effects Supervisor on major motion pictures.
