Susanne Crocker
	
Suzanne Crocker was born in Toronto and raised in Perry Sound, Ontario. She attended the University of Toronto to study engineering and then got a medical degree from Queens University in Kingston. She and a partner started a medical practice in Dawson in January 1993.((Liza Sardi, “Good News!” //Klondike Sun// (Dawson), 10 June 1993.))
	
In 2009, Doctor Crocker switched careers from rural doctor to filmmaker. Her first feature-length documentary film, //All the Time in the World// (2014), won twenty-two festival awards around the world, and Most Popular Documentary at the Vancouver International Film Festival. It has screened in over twenty-five countries and has been translated into twelve languages.((//Yukon on Screen.// 2021 website: https://yukononscreen.ca/filmmakers/suzanne-crocker.)) The film documents a nine-month adventure when Suzanne and Gerrard and their three children lived in a small cabin without road access, electricity, running water, and without looking at clocks or watches.((“Trailer- All the Time in the World.” 2021 website: https://vimeo.com/105430884.))
	
Crocker’s second feature-length documentary, //First We Eat: Food Security North of 60,// was released in 2019. The film was made during a year when Suzanne banned all store-bought food from the household. In 2020, the film was a top twenty audience favourite, the Rogers Audience Award for being a top five Canadian documentary, and qualified for Best Feature Documentary at the 2021 Academy Awards.((“First We Eat: Food Sovereignty North of 60.” 2021 website:  https://firstweeat.ca/.))