Susan Landau Finch
American film producer, writer, and director
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Susan Meredith Finch (née Landau; born August 13, 1960) is an American film producer, writer, casting director, and director.[1] She has an independent film company called Wildwell Films, based in Los Angeles. She has been married to Roy Finch since November 28, 1999. They have one daughter born in 2009.
Early life
Landau is the daughter of actors Barbara Bain and Martin Landau.[2] Both her parents were Jewish.[3][4] Her younger sister is American actress, director, producer and ballerina Juliet Landau. The sisters spent their early childhood in West Los Angeles.[5]
Casting director
As a casting director, she was instrumental in David Cassidy, best known as a US television actor, having a starring role in the film The Spirit of '76.[6][7]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| The Spirit of '76 | 1990 |
| Animals with the Tollkeeper | 1998 |
| Family Tree | 2003 |
| Without Rhythm or Reason | 2003 |
| Wake | 2003 |
| The Breaks | 2004 |
| The Passage of Mrs. Calabash | 2004 |
| Circus Sam | 2019 |
Producer, Associate producer and Executive producer
Referring back to work on Spirit of '76 mentioned above in Casting Director, Susan Landau Finch was also the producer of that film. She was the producer as well as the associate or executive producer for a variety of films:
| Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Spirit of '76 | Producer | 1990 |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | Associate Producer | 1992 |
| Traveling Light | Producer | 1994 |
| Stick and Poke | Producer | 2019 |
| Wake | Producer | 2003 |
| Fairyland | Executive Producer | 2023 |
