Suzanne Lloyd

Suzanne Lloyd, the granddaughter of Harold and Mildred Lloyd, was raised at their Beverly Hills estate, Greenacres. Harold Lloyd, the master comedian who produced and starred in over 200 films, came to personify silent films as “the man in glasses hanging from the clock.” Harold recognized Suzanne’s aptitude for business, trained her well, and when he passed on in 1971, he made the nineteen-year-old the trustee of his film library and a 3D library that holds over 200,000 of his photographs. Suzanne has devoted herself to film preservation ever since and keeps her grandfather’s films alive by sharing his work with the world. 

She has brought Harold Lloyd’s films to theaters and festivals around the world, including the Tribeca Film Festival (presented with DJ Z-Trip), the American Film Institute’s 50th Anniversary Festival, the Bologna Film Festival, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and recently produced screening events with full orchestras at the Academy Museum and with Orchestra Novo in San Luis Obispo. Since 2016, she has produced numerous shows with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, presenting Harold’s rare 3D photographs of the opening day and early years of Disneyland. 

Suzanne served on the Board of the American Film Institute as a Trustee for over twenty years and has published three books. She works closely with the Criterion Collection, The Packard Humanities Institute, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive on the restoration of the library. She has produced the releases of Safety Last, THE FRESHMAN, Speedy, and The Kid Brother through Criterion, and recently renewed their contract to continue expanding streaming rights worldwide.