Collette Sunderman
Collette Marie Sunderman (née Bennett) (born October 25, 1959) is an American director principally involved with voice direction for animated television, film productions and video games.
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Born | Collette Marie Bennett October 25, 1959 Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A |
Occupation | Voice director, casting director |
Years active | 1990s–present |
Spouse(s) | Nick Sunderman ( m. 1975) |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Kathleen Pettis (sister) Jeff Bennett (brother) Michael Bennett (brother) Timothy Bennett (brother) Christopher Pettis (favourite nephew) |
Her credits include The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, What's New, Scooby-Doo, Codename: Kids Next Door, Duck Dodgers, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and Victor and Valentino.
Career
Sunderman began her career in animation in the early 1990s for Hanna-Barbera, where she worked as a talent coordinator.[1]
Several years later, she did the casting and, on some occasion, co-directed with Kris Zimmerman on Dexter's Laboratory, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and Johnny Bravo. However, the first show she directed was the short film Kenny and the Chimp in 1998, four years later turned into Codename: Kids Next Door for which she was called upon to voice direct.
Sunderman regularly works for Warner Bros. Animation/Hanna Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios. She is also actively involved in the Scooby-Doo projects, having worked on both animated series and direct-to-video films featuring the most notable canine.
She is currently directing Ben 10, Spider-Man, Muppet Babies, Victor and Valentino, Lego City Adventures and T.O.T.S..
Production filmography
- Adventure Time - Voice Director (seasons 1-4)
- All Hail King Julien - Voice Director
- The Amazing Screw-On Head - Voice Director
- Avengers Assemble - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - Voice Director
- Batman: Arkham City - Voice Director
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Ben 10 - Casting & Voice Director
- Cow and Chicken - Casting Manager (season 1-2), Casting Director (season 2-4)
- Camp Lazlo - Casting Director & Recording Director
- Cartoon Network Racing - Voice Director
- Cave Kids - Talent Coordinator
- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory: The Video Game - Voice Director
- Chowder - Casting Director & Recording Director
- Clash of the Titans: The Video Game - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Class of 3000 - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Codename: Kids Next Door - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Constantine: The Video Game - Voice Director
- DC Nation Shorts - Casting Director
- Dear Dracula - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Dexter's Laboratory - Talent Coordinator, Casting Manager, Casting Director (1998-2003), Recording Director (Season 3-4)
- Duck Dodgers - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Dumb and Dumber - Talent Coordinator
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Voice Director[2][3]
- The Flintstones: On the Rocks - Casting Director & Recording Director
- The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! - Casting & Voice Director[4]
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Casting Director & Recording Director
- Generator Rex - Casting Director
- I Am Weasel - Casting Director
- The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Johnny Bravo - Casting Manager (Season 1), Casting Director (Seasons 2-4) & Recording Director (Seasons 2-3)
- Kenny and the Chimp - Casting Director & Recording Director
- Lego Batman: The Video Game - Voice Director
- Lego City Adventures - Dialogue Director
- The Looney Tunes Show - Casting Director & Voice Director (Season 1)
- Megas XLR - Casting Director
- Mixels - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Mucha Lucha! - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Muppet Babies - Dialogue Director
- New Looney Tunes - Casting Director & Voice Director (Season 2)
- The Powerpuff Girls - Casting & Recording Director
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie - Casting & Voice Director
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest - Casting Manager, Talent Coordinator
- Samurai Jack - Casting Director
- Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku - Voice Director
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders - Casting Director
- Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp - Voice Director
- Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost - Casting Director
- Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island - Casting Director
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Scooby-Doo! Unmasked - Voice Director
- Skylanders Academy - Voice Director (Seasons 1-2)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars - Casting Director
- Steel Battalion - Voice Director
- Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Spider-Man - ADR Voice Director (Season 1) & Voice Director (Season 2-)
- T.O.T.S. - Additional Casting Director & Dialogue Director
- Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring - ADR Voice Director
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Ultimate Spider-Man - Casting Director & Voice Director
- What a Cartoon! - Talent Coordinator
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? - Casting Director & Recording Director (season 1)
- Victor and Valentino - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Viewtiful Joe - Voice Director
- Viewtiful Joe 2 - Voice Director
- Xiaolin Chronicles - Casting Director & Voice Director
Personal life
Sunderman is married to Nick and has four children: twin sons, Blake and Connor, and two daughters, Cherisse being her eldest child and Taylor being her youngest. She has often said that her nephew Christopher has been the inspiration for her longevity in the industry.
References
- "Cloverleaf Radio Presents Collette Sunderman". Blogtalkradio. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/12/16/elf-buddys-musical-christmas-soundtrack-released/
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas. December 16, 2014. NBC.
- The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! Closing Credits