Susana Rossberg

Susana Rossberg
Born(1945-09-22)22 September 1945
São Paulo, Brazil
Died11 December 2025(2025-12-11) (aged 80)
Brussels, Belgium
EducationInstitut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion
OccupationsFilm editor and director

Susana Rossberg (22 September 1945 – 11 December 2025) was a Brazilian-born Belgian film editor and director.[1]

Life and career

Born in São Paulo on 22 September 1945, Rossberg left Brazil during the military dictatorship in 1967.[2] From 1967 to 1970, she studied at the Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion in Brussels.[3] In 1972, she was the sound editor for Home Sweet Home, directed by Benoît Lamy.[4] Other notable edits of hers included High Street, Toto the Hero, and The Eighth Day. She was also a scipt supervisor for films such as Golden Eighties and The Abyss.[5] According to Frédéric Sojcher, she was "one of the most renowned film editors in Belgium, both in the French-speaking and Flemish-speaking regions".[6]

Susana Rossberg died of pancreatic cancer on 11 December 2025 at the age of 80.[7]

Distinction

References

  1. ^ "Adieu Susana Rossberg". Presse Nord Sud (in French). 11 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Mme Susana Rossberg, Monteuse". Service d'Information sur les Etudes et les Professions (in French). September 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  3. ^ Reynaert, Matthieu (11 October 2007). "Les métiers du cinéma: Le montage avec Susana Rossberg". Cinergie. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  4. ^ Callebaut, Renaud (1 May 1997). "Susana Rossberg, monteuse". Cinergie (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  5. ^ Agel, Henri; Marty, Joseph (1996). André Delvaux : de l'inquiétante étrangeté à l'itinéraire initiatique (in French). Lausanne: Éditions L'Âge d'Homme. p. 200. ISBN 9782825107379.
  6. ^ Sojcher, Frédéric (157). André Delvaux : le cinéma ou l'art des rencontres (in French). Paris: Éditions du Seuil. p. 157. ISBN 2020788446. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. ^ Vogel, Laurent (15 December 2025). "Hommage à Susana Rossberg". Union of Progressive Jews of Belgium (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Susana Rossberg - Convidada da Bélgica". YouTube (in Portuguese). 10 September 2025.