• Suzanna Gardetto is a screenwriter drawn to resilient underdogs, rich historical tapestries, and the messy beauty of family redemption. 

Her writing credits include:

For Blue (1st Place, Outstanding Screenplays Animation Competition)

The Ghost of Christmas Paws (A heartwarming dramedy), and

Blood and Ore  (a sweeping Western historical series spanning Panama, Virginia City, and Butte). 

In her essays and Substack series Bezerked, Suzanna mines the vibrant, eccentric backdrop of growing up in mid-century Berkeley—bringing the same sharp observation, humor, and heart to her personal prose as she does to the screen.

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Suzanna's Script Portfolio

Blood and Ore

Historical Western Series

After a tragic 1856 Panama train wreck fractures his family, an Irish immigrant braves the lawless, brutal mining boomtowns of the Wild West on a forty-year quest to track down his missing sibling while desperately defending the new life he's built.

For Blue

Animated Family Feature

Facing a catastrophic super-storm a teenage female fruit bat and her nerdy best friend shrew lead their island animal friends on a perilous maritime adventure, discovering the true meaning of family amid the trials of growing up.

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The Ghost of 
Christmas Paws


Christmas Dramedy Feature

A self-absorbed deadbeat dad dies just before the holidays and is granted a second chance at redemption on one condition: he must return to Earth as a shelter mutt adopted by his grieving ex-wife and estranged teenage daughter to earn his way into Heaven.


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