Susan B. Landau

Susan B. Landau is a multi-talented person. She was a film and television producer, photographer, and talent manager. Susan was born to Sidney Landau and Bea Landau, in Brooklyn, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , United States of America, on March 31, 1952. Sidney worked as an executive in the United Artists' studio. She also has a twin brother named Paul and two elder siblings, Avraham and Arthur. Susan was a doting aunt to her four nieces, Rebecca, Kate, Meredith, and Meg. Springfield Gardens High School and Brandeis University were her alma maters. Susan had pursued political science for her graduation. In 1983 and 1987, Susan was the executive producer of the Tiger Town and Walt Disney’s Wonderful World Click to look into! >> Read More... of Color: Young Harry Houdini.

Since then she produced several documentaries, films, and TV shows like Cool Runnings, which depicted the trials and tribulations that the Jamaica national bobsleigh team had to go through to make a debut at the Winter Olympics in 1998, An Ideal Husband, Mary and Rhoda, and many others. In 1987, the jury of Primetime Emmy Award selected her for the category of Outstanding Children's Program. She is also the recipient of the ACE Award. In 1992, Susan helped Barbara Boxer, who was contesting for the post of U.S. Senate in California race, from Democrat, raise funds for her. After her win, Barbara thanked Susan for giving a boost to her political career as well as her campaign. Susan also represented and promoted Slumdog Millionaires' and Salmon Fishing in Yemen's screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, Dan Bucatinsky, Christopher Hollier, and many others. In fact, she was Simon's manager for nearly twenty-five years.

In that period, both of them became thick friends, and she would give him constructive career advice. At the beginning of 2007, Susan veered towards photography. Along with her friend Laura Ziskin, they captured several pictures for the telethon named Stand Up Click to look into! >> Read More... to Cancer. She also published two collections titled ‘Laura Ziskin: Collective Memories’ & ‘Photographs’, in which she photographed the candid moments of Web Therapy's cast and crew and Academy Awards' producers, and The Brown Bears of Alaska. Rene Russo From a fashion model to a BAFTA award winner, Rene >> Read More... was one of her best friends. Susan loved gorging on food and often visited Craig’s restaurant. On May 31, 2017, Susan passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. She was sixty-five years old when she passed away and was suffering from metastatic breast cancer. In honor of her death, Susan's family continues to run Stand Up to Cancer.