Suzanne Mackie was Director of Development for Harbour Pictures from 1994 having formerly worked for BBC Drama Serials. After securing a first-look deal with Buena Vista International Suzanne produced her first feature film CALENDAR GIRLS, in 2002/3 for Buena Vista. She subsequently produced KINKY BOOTS for Miramax Films and originated MAP OF THE UNIVERSE by Tim Firth and Dan Futterman for Miramax Films. Suzanne joined Left Bank Pictures in February 2009 as Head of Film.
Based on a true story Professor Jim Yancey, a world-leading astronomer at Berkeley University in San Francisco, is poised to make scientific history in his quest to find the first outer solar planet. But his findings are disputed by a prodigiously talented, eccentric English star spotter, 18 year old Archie. A film about a man and boy whose love for the stars is sometimes greater than for those people around them.