Suzi Yoonessi (born February 21, 1978) is an Iranian-American filmmaker living in Los Angeles, CA. She wrote and directed the award-winning feature film Dear Lemon Lima,[1] and The Spring of Sorrow for the Independent Television Service (ITVS) online FutureStates series. Yoonessi's short films No Shoulder and Dear Lemon Lima are distributed by Shorts International[2] and Vanguard Cinema[3] and her documentary film Vern is distributed by National Film Network[4] and is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.