EMMY and Peabody award winning filmmaker Susan Koch has produced and directed award-winning documentaries and non-fiction programming for worldwide distribution and television broadcast. Her work has appeared on ABC, NBC, PBS, HBO, MTV, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Turner Broadcasting, American Movie Classics, The Learning Channel, and the Travel Channel.

Most recently, Koch co-directed and produced a feature-length documentary on a young Latino writer from East LA who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison based on one eyewitness identification and no physical evidence. "Mario's Story" premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature. The Los Angeles Times called it "an extraordinary documentary." Scheduled for broadcast and international distribution in 2008.

Koch directed the critically acclaimed film, City at Peace, which premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C and Lincoln Center in New York City. It was featured at film festivals throughout the world and was broadcast on HBO. Executive Producers: Barbara Streisand and Cis Corman. Koch also produced and directed the Friday night special, City at Peace, for ABC News Nightline, hosted by Ted Koppel.

Susan Koch directed and wrote the award-winning television special, Barbra Streisand Presents: Reel Models - First Women of Film. This marks Koch's second collaboration with Barbra Streisand and Cis Corman, President of Barwood Films, serving as Executive Producers. It received a 2001 EMMY and the Gracie Allen award from the American Association of Women in Radio and Television.

Koch co-directed and produced a documentary "Movie of the Week" for MTV, entitled Camp Scott Lock-Up. For over a year, Koch was given unprecedented access to a court-ordered "boot camp" for teenage girls. Daily Variety described the film as "valuable, thought-provoking, and highly emotional" and recommended viewing for all high school students.

In September 2002, Koch produced an ABC/Nightline special entitled "Remembering A Family" on her four family members that were killed on the flight that crashed into the Pentagon. The program focused on what family and friends are doing to honor their lives by working to build a more just and compassionate world.

In keeping with her strong, personal commitment to social justice issues, Koch has produced, written, and directed videos and films for the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, Women for Women International, Public Counsel, Girls and Gangs, The National Center to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Childhelp USA, Planned Parenthood, The Grady Memorial Hospital Teen Pregnancy Project, the Barker Foundation Adoption Agency, the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Children's National Medical Center, InsideOut Writers, and a national Service-Learning educational initiative.

Susan Koch has a BA with honors from Bryn Mawr College. She was a producer at NBC News and Public Televisions, WETA-TV. She is on the board of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children and is a founding board member of Our Voices Together, a non-profit organization founded by 9/11 families. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband and two daughters.