FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSusannah Tantemsapya is the Founder & Executive Director of Creative Migration and Bangkok 1899, based in Los Angeles and Bangkok.
She is the Producer of Creatives for Climate Action - Thailand (CCAT), part of the Convening Team for the UNFCCC’s Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action (ECCA) initiative, a Non-Profit Advisor for the Entertainment + Culture Pavilion, on the Advisory Council of the Hollywood Climate Summit, a Global Ambassador & Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), on Tatler’s Gen.T Asia List (2019), a Founding Member of Soho House Bangkok, and an advisor for Brackish Water Los Angeles (Getty: Pacific Standard Time 2024).
Susannah holds a B.A. in Photojournalism from UNC Chapel Hill, where her commitment to environmental preservation was shaped by experiences with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and an architecture workshop at Arcosanti.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS2025
From Bangkok to Brazil: Culture-based Climate Action Across the Global Majority, Thailand Pavilion, COP30 Brazil / Music Climate Action Summit, Sundown Festival, Singapore /Shaping tomorrow, actions today: culture’s role in climate action and sustainability, 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture, Seoul, South Korea
2024
Reducing emissions: creating an environmentally responsible cultural sector, International Seminar on Culture and Climate Change, G20 Culture, Brazil / Creatives for Climate Action - Thailand (CCAT) Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
2023
Entertainment and Culture: Storytelling for Climate Action, UNFCCC, COP28 UAE / Creatives for Climate Action - Thailand (CCAT) Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
2021
ASEAN Creative Economy Business Forum Panel Discussion, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
2020
Sustainable Filmmaking, Digital Communication Design, Silapakorn University, Bangkok
2014/16