Bio

Sue Wolf Tv/Film/Theater

 

Sue Wolf began her career on Broadway... as an usher. She tired of reciting the alphabet backwards and started directing plays and musicals. After nearly being electrocuted at an East Village theatre in New York, she moved to Los Angeles.

She lived in her car in Beverly Hills, 'showered' in a doctor's office and landed a job in the casting department for Norman Lear. She played alto sax at The Central on Sunset Boulevard (VIper Room now) by night and by day she was a writer's assistant on "All In The Family." She got very little sleep!

She was an assistant to many directors. Her favorites were Paul “All In the Family” Bogart, John “Shakespeare In Love” Madden and Jerry “Hollywood Squares” Shaw.  Ultimately after working every job in production and writing for Weekly and Daily Variety Newspaper, Ms. Wolf became a producer and director for stand-up and sketch comedy shows and documentaries.

Her TV shows are on Comedy Central, MTV, Disney, Lifetime, CBS, ABC, TBS, UPN and has over 50 shows on HBO. In addition to co-creating the classic award-winning series "One Night Stand," she produced the first (almost all black) stand-up show for Eddie Murphy TV called "Uptown Comedy Express," and the first all-female stand-up HBO show called "Women of the Night."

Ms. Wolf's produced and/or directed specials with Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Short, Paul Rodriguez, Martin Mull, Denis Leary, Joy Behar, Whoopie Goldberg, Susie Essman, Richard Belzer, Stephanie Miller, Beth Lapides, Richard Lewis, John Larroquette, Tracy Ullman, Janeanne Garofalo, Sandra Bernhardt, Julia Sweeney and Richard Pryor. 

Her films include documentaries: (Iroquois Art, Richard Pryor (I Ain't Dead Yet Mutherfucker"), Rodney Dangerfield. Narratives: Markus Wolf for Paramount (script JIm Webb produced with Larry Brezner  and a film awaiting distribution called Zombie Wedding.

She is most proud of her son and after that her community work which includes serving on the board of NYRep, starting https://FosterYourDream.org a 501c3 that makes dreams come true for foster kids, serving on the Friends Committee of Hollywood Beautification Team (a non-profit that paints out 2 million miles of graffiti and ‘greens’ L.A.), serving on Eric Garcetti’s Gang Safety Commission, serving as Lemon Grove Park’s Board President and receiving two citations from Mayor Garcetti for rolling up her sleeves and getting involved. She plans to live to 150.

CREDITS

Cool Stuff

  • "LEGENDS: RODNEY DANGERFIELD" –series premiere—COMEDY CENTRAL
  • "RICHARD PRYOR: I AIN'T DEAD YET, MU#*%F^@KA!!" –special–COMEDY CENTRAL
  • "CHASING CHEVY" –special–COMEDY CENTRAL
  • "LYRICIST LOUNGE" –sketch comedy—MTV
  • "THE WHITE GUY "–writer–Telepix & Quincy Jones
  • "COMICS COME HOME II, III & V" –specials–COMEDY CENTRAL
  • "UN-CABARET" –special–COMEDY CENTRAL
  • "SOUTH PARK "–fireside chats–HOME VIDEO
  • "DINNER & A MOVIE" –series–TBS
  • "THE VIEW "–special pieces–ABC-TV
  • "COMEDY WORLD "–radio show–Syndicated
  • "WOMEN ALOUD "–talk show (series/strip)–COMEDY

Classic Stuff

  • "ONE NIGHT STAND" –series–HBO
  • "WOMEN OF THE NIGHT" –series–HBO
  • "COMICS ON DELIVERY "–series–COMEDY CENTRAL
  • "ROSEANNE SHOW "–series–KING WORLD
  • "YOUNG COMEDIANS SHOW" –11th & 12th–HBO
  • "UPTOWN COMEDY EXPRESS "–special—HBO
  • "A TOAST TO THE FIRST WIVES CLUB" –special – LIFETIME
  • "STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW "–sketches–DISNEY
  • ONE PERSON SHOWS–too numerous to mention
  • GAME SHOWS –Heatter Quigley
  • SIT COMS–Casting and All In The Family–Norman Lear/Tandem/TAT/CBS
  • VARIETY NEWSPAPER –writer–NY Weekly

Worked With

  • Chris Rock
  • Bill Maher
  • Denis Leary
  • Joy Behar
  • D.L. Hugley
  • AdamSandler
  • John Larroquette
  • Robin Williams
  • Billy Crystal
  • Susie Essman
  • Richard Belzer
  • Martin Mull
  • Paula Poundstone
  • Sandra Bernhardt
  • Rita Rudner
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Dom Irrera
  • Blake Clark
  • Caroline Rhea
  • Taylor Negron
  • Paul Rodriguez
  • Damon Wayans
  • Martin Short
  • Tracy Ullman
  • Eddie Murphy &
  • Jimmy Giuffre

Plays

  • "The White Guy" HBO workspace/Quincy Jones/Telepictures … by Stephen Hunt
  • "Don't Buck With Me" Tamarind Theater/ Tiffany Theater … by Kathy Buckley
  • "Now Hear This" The Lambs Theater (New York Off-Broadway) … by Kathy Buckley
  • "Yellow Brick Joke" Aspen Comedy Festival 1999 … by Jason Kuller
  • "Equus" (In Sign Language) Pasadena Playhouse, Coast Playhouse … by Peter Shaffer (ran 2 ½ years)
  • "The Spare Seraphim" The New Theater (New York Off-Broadway) … by Donald Yonker
  • "Lovers" Theater 40 … by Brian Friel
  • "The Rooming House" American Theater Arts … by Conrad Bromberg
  • "Winners" The Actors Playhouse … by Brian Friel

Musicals

  • 1 That Shark Show (NY, Actors Fund) Donald Yonker / Alexander Zwick
  • 2 Spandex (NY upcoming Workshop) Donald Yonker / Jeremy Franklin Goodman
  • 3 "We’re Still Hot” (NY St. Luke’s Theater)
  • 4 “Funny Business, “music/lyrics/book by Hollye Leven. Workshop, Moomba, (L.A.)
  • 5 “Funny Business” music/lyrics/book by Hollye Leven, Coronet Theater, Friars Club (L.A.)
  • 6 “The Gospel According to Mama Sweet Love” Broadway Tomorrow (NY) …by Donald Yonker and Jonathan Firstenberg