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Sue Wolf, born in NYC, is a producer, director, writer and an American pioneer of women’s television. She is the winner of two CableACE Awards and nominated for 7 CableACE Awards as Executive Producer and creator of HBO’s One Night Stand comedy specials. Her directorial debut won the Best Comedy Special of 1990 starring Dom Irrera and a second one in 1991 for Paula Poundstone.
She produced ON LOCATION: Women of the Night II and An All-star Toast to the Improv, both of which were in the very first group of 5 nominees outside of network television to garner 1988 40TH Prime Time Emmy nominations as cable shows. A groundbreaking event which later made the CableACE Awards obsolete leaving only the Emmy Awards.
She’s served on Eric Garcetti’s Gang Commission in 2001, the board of American Theatre Arts in Hollywood, The board of Lemon Grove Park[1] in Hollywood and currently serves on the board of NYRep[2]. Her non-profit Foster Your Dream[3] has received three commendations from ACS[4] in its' 15 years for their work providing free opportunities for Foster Children.
Early life & education
[edit]She was born in NYC and raised in Flushing Queens by Harriet Wolf and Lucas Wolf, granddaughter of Friedrich Wolf and niece of Markus Wolf and Konrad Wolf. She and Larry Brezner sold a film about the Spymaster to Paramount Pictures which was never made.
She went to Ethical Culture school, where her father was the shop teacher for 40 years, and then Francis Lewis High School and on to NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her mother was an early childhood specialist at the U.N. School and Queens College and went on to teach at Roslyn Public School.
Wolf studied flute with Harold Bennett[5] and saxophone under Jimmy Giuffre.
Early Career
[edit]Wolf began her career in High School as an usher on Broadway while she worked as part time assistant to Syd Silverman the publisher of weekly Variety newspaper. She began writing reviews for both Weekly and Daily Variety and eventually moved to Los Angeles, lived in her car, and landed a job in the casting department of Norman Lear companies Tandem/T.A.T. She became a writer’s assistant on the long running hit All in the Family, then the director Paul Bogart’s assistant on Lear’s sit-com pilots.
Her innovative dual-cast of deaf/hard-of-hearing and hearing actors production of EQUUS in sign language ran for many years at the Pan Andreas Theatre[6] in West Hollywood and won a Drama League Award.
Wolf worked for Heatter-Quigley Productions on Hollywood Squares, Las Vegas Gambit and Highrollers and then went freelance in the world of stand-up comedy.
1987-Present
[edit]She went on to produce and direct over 50 HBO shows including the first all-female comedy special ON LOCATION: Women of the Night II, the first all-black comedy special in 1987 called Uptown Comedy Express[7], and An All-star Toast to the Improv, both of which were in the very first group of 5 nominees outside of network television to garner 1988 40TH Prime Time Emmy nominations as cable shows. A groundbreaking event which later made the CableACE Awards obsolete leaving only the Emmy Awards.
In between television and film projects Wolf has always gone back to theatre directing plays and musicals including Now Hear This starring Kathy Buckley at the Lambs Theatre in NYC, Funny Business[8] starring Ruta Lee, and We’re Still Hot[9] at the St. Luke’s theatre in NYC. Her innovative dual-cast of deaf/hard-of-hearing and hearing actors production of EQUUS in sign language [10] ran for many years at the Pan Andreas Theatre[6] in West Hollywood and won a Drama League Award.
Awards
[edit]7 CableACE Award Nominations
2 CableACE Award wins
Philanthropy
[edit]Wolf served on the Friends Committee of Hollywood Beautification Team.[11] , and City Council President Eric Garcetti’s Safety Commission, receiving two citations from Garcetti for her involvement. She served as Board President for Lemon Grove Park[1]
On August 22nd, 2008 Wolf founded Foster Your Dream[3] an accredited 501c3 corporation. Her pet project, the organization provides kids in the foster system with scholarships and extras like over 5000 families taken to a Broadway theatre, trips, prom dresses, sneakers, bikes, school supplies, music lessons, and all the little things so many of us take for granted.
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- ^ "BOARD". NewYorkRep. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ a b "FYD". 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ "Administration for Children's Services". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ "HAROLD BENNETT". The New York Times. 1985-09-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ a b "Pan Andreas Theatre Theater: Info & Seating Chart". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ Petranto, Russ (1987-05-09), Uptown Comedy Express (Comedy), Arsenio Hall, Chris Rock, Barry Sobel, retrieved 2025-01-23
- ^ Martinez, Julio (2004-05-13). "Funny Business". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ Desk, BWW News. "We're Still Hot - the acclaimed new musical gets NYC premiere". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ The Curious Wolf (2022-07-19). Sign Language Equus CBS. Retrieved 2025-01-23 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Los Angeles Beautification Team | The measure of our success is the world we leave our children". Retrieved 2025-01-23.