SUSAN BLU
Bio
Susan Blu’s vast
experience and well respected expertise in handling voice actors
have established her as one of the most in-demand Voice Directors in
the animation industry. She
has directed over a thousand episodes of animated projects that
include television series, theatrical releases, direct-to-video
releases and video games that have earned her four Emmy nominations.
Her recent animated television projects include such high
profile, critically acclaimed and successful shows as
“The Land Before Time”,
“Curious George” and
“Transformers” as well
as the new “Star Wars”
series. In the feature
realm, her latest credits include
“Stuart Little III”,
“Brer Rabbit” and
“Clifford The Big Red Dog”
as well as the direct-to-video release
of “Superman: Strange
Allies”. Highlights
of her video game credits include
“Surf’s Up” and
“Open Season”.
After her voice directorial debut with "Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles" (for which she directed over 145 episodes) Susan
decided to open a voice-over workshop for actors.
It quickly became highly regarded, enormously popular and
always sold out. From
this workshop evolved her book "Word Of Mouth, A Guide To
Commercial And Animation Voice Over Excellence",
co-authored with Molly Ann Mullin and Cynthia Songe.
Born in St. Paul,
Minnesota, Susan first came to Los Angeles after she was
spotted by a talent scout and joined the studio’s talent program.
From there her career has taken off in many different
directions. As a Voice Actor
she was a series regular on a variety of animated shows including
such classics as "The Smurfs",
"Scooby Doo”, "The Transformers", and
"Ghostbusters".
She lent her voice to the role of "The Pillsbury Dough
Girl" among hundreds of voice-over commercials.
On stage her
credits include theater tours with starring roles in "The
Unsinkable Molly Brown", "The Desert Song" and "The
Boyfriend" as well as
many night club appearances with her one woman show in
New York
and Los Angeles.
In front of the camera she’s appeared as a guest star in
episodes of "Three’s Company",
"The Bob Newhart Show", and "Knight Rider" and on
the big screen she thrilled audiences in the starring role of Mrs.
Amanda Shepard, the mother of a telekinesis who unwittingly releases
Jason Vorhees, in "Friday The 13th Part 7".
