Andrew Susskind
{{short description|American film producer}}
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| alma_mater = Harvard College (BA)
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David Susskind
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Andrew Susskind is an American film and television producer and television director.
Biography
Susskind was born to a Jewish family, the son of Phyllis (née Briskin) and David Susskind.{{cite news|author=McFadden, Robert D.|author-link=Robert D. McFadden|title=David Susskind, Talk-show Host, Dies at 66|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/23/obituaries/david-susskind-talk-show-host-dies-at-66.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 23, 1987|access-date=July 31, 2012}} He has three sisters: Diana Susskind Laptook, Pamela Susskind Schaenen, and Samantha Susskind Mannion. His father was a film producer. He worked at The Susskind Company for four years with David Susskind, from 1980 to 1984, then subsequently at Embassy Television for three years, before joining Weintraub Entertainment Group Television on May 1, 1987.{{Cite news|date=1987-03-25|title=Susskind Leaving Embassy For Post As Weintraub Prez|page=49|work=Variety}}
He has worked a producer on the a number of television specials. During the mid to late 1980s, he served as a production consultant for the sitcoms 227, It's Your Move, Married... with Children, The Charmings, "Trial and Error", and "Sweet Surrender" before becoming executive producer for the sitcom Thea in 1993.Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993–1994 Producer of "Dear Liar", "Casey Stengel", "Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare" , "Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess"
In 1997, he began his career as a television director, directing episodes of Unhappily Ever After, Two Guys and a Girl, The Hughleys.[https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/993242/credits;_ylt=AoWBP0xV14mYlXGn5QvU_Y6.o9EF Andrew Susskind], Yahoo! TV and "The King of Queens"
Susskind also teaches at Drexel University.https://drexel.edu/westphal/about/directory/SusskindAndrew/
References
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External links
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Category:American film producers
Category:American television directors
Category:American television producers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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Category:Drexel University faculty
Category:Harvard College alumni
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