Susie Yankou

Susie Yankou is a Canadian film director and screenwriter currently working in the United States, whose debut feature film Sisters premiered in 2024.

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, as a high school student her goal was to study screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, California. Although she was accepted into the program, the $55,000 tuition was prohibitively expensive for her family, so she launched her own fundraising initiative, baking cookies to sell twice a week at the Distillery District and Riverdale farmer's markets. It premiered in May 2024 at Inside Out, where it won the audience award for Best Feature Film.