Susan LaSalle

Susan LaSalle

Cohort 1 Instructor

Susan LaSalle

Susan is a longtime resident of Seattle and a local PNW producer, post production supervisor and Director’s Guild Unit Production Manager. Over the years her work as a commercial and corporate producer have won Telly, Addy, and Davey awards. Highlights of her career are THE BREACH, a feature documentary about the plight of wild salmon which won Best Foreign Documentary at Galway Film Fleadh – Ireland and was listed a Top Ten Film at Palm Springs International Film Festival. Susan has both produced and managed five feature narrative films: ALL I WANT IS CHRISTMAS (FoxTV), THE 3 TAILS: A Mermaid Adventure (Netflix), THE GENDER CARD FLIPPED (Showtime) and most recently production managed Quoc Bao Tran’s THE PAPER TIGERS (Theatrical release/Netflix) and Sudeshna Sen’s ANU (Amazon). Susan is a graduate of The Evergreen State College, a past board member and current grant administrator of Women In Film – Seattle, served as an advisor to the City of Seattle’s Film Task Force and is currently serving on King County’s Film Advisory Board. For many years Susan was a board member and chair of Corporate Accountability International, an organization that protects human rights, public health, and the environment. Susan is currently the Senior Producer at KMM Strategies, a political consulting firm for Democrats.