Susan Dynner

Biography

Currently, Director/Producer Susan Dynner is gearing up to direct/produce the feature drama “Fall of Eden”, which will star Dylan McDermott and Brianna Hildebrand, followed by the comedy, “Blank Nation” starring Haley Joel Osment, Michelle Trachtenberg and a great ensemble cast.. Before that, she directed/produced, “Code Blue: A Love Story” starring Andy Dick, and was chosen as a Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directing Fellow. She was also selected for the Producers Guild Mentorship Program, where she was paired with Brad Silberling and shadowed him on “Jane the Virgin”. Dynner previously produced "Free Ride”, starring Anna Paquin, for which she was awarded a Film Independent Producing Fellowship. She also produced the documentary, “After Porn Ends”, which was ranked as the #1 documentary on iTunes, Netflix and Amazon downloads. Prior to that, Dynner directed and produced "Punk's Not Dead", which received critical acclaim on the festival circuit, followed by a theatrical run and world-wide release. She was also a producer on "Brick", winner of the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the Sundance Film Festival, which was released by Focus Features.

As a Development Executive, Dynner worked for Charlie Sheen and Nick Cassavetes' Ventura Films as VP of Creative Affairs, before leaving to join Steve Herzberg as a Producer and VP of Development/Production for Prairiefire Films, who had a deal at Sony. Dynner began her career working for Richard Donner Productions, and then for Wolfgang Petersen's Radiant Productions, and Di Novi Pictures. Prior to that, she was a band photographer from the age of fifteen.