Al Sutton
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Filmmaker, Al Sutton, created a movement to end genocide and war; his
short film is part of a multi-media theatrical production consisting of
live performance, film and music, entitled, "The Most Dangerous
Animal." Al Sutton produced and performed the title role in "The Poet
Englestrom", an award winning film written by Alexander Weiss for which
he won the AOF Film Fest WAB Award for "Best Performance in an Acting
Role" at the 2010 Action On Film International Film Festival. He later
wrote, produced and played the lead character in the film "Five Valid
Reasons for Murdering Lisa". He was a cast member in Madeleine Olnek's
short, "Make Room for Phyllis". He is a member of SAG and BAFTA, and
has been seen on TV in "Law & Order". As documentary filmmaker, he did
"Fraternal Twins: the first year of life". This medical film was widely
distributed to universities in the 1980s, when he was a practicing
physician. Another award winning documentary, "Equality, I Am Woman",
consists of unique archival footage of the Women's Strike for Equality,
1970 NYC March, featuring the music of Helen Reddy and narration by
Gloria Steinem and Jacqui Ceballos. Portions of this footage were aired
on network TV. He has also done a number of short films, including
World Music Independent Film Festival Award Winner "All in a Row",
featuring original music by Chris Anderson, and a film in two acts,
"Love" and "Marriage," starring the late Jo Henderson and Dan Hedaya. A
full length screenplay, "Caballo" in production. On stage, he performed
a lead role in "Sing, America: Norman Mailer in his own words" at the
Actors Studio. He played in "Bringing the Fishermen Home" by Deb
Margolin, at Dixon Place, and at the Public Theatre Play-reading
series. As co-founder of the Perfectly Frank Cabaret Theatre, he
produced over forty new plays, mostly in downtown New York venues,
including Dixon Place, Home for Contemporary Theatre, and Le Poeme. He
has also written and performed in a number of his own plays, including,
"Woman and Man", "Lifeguard", and "A Little Bumpy", co-written by Dan
Hedaya. Al Sutton is a musician, and operates his own record label,
"Alsut Records". He has the rights to the archives of the late, great
pianist, Chris Anderson.
Education Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, MD, 1959
Training New School Filmmaking, New York, NY, Filmmaking, Arnold Eagle Warren Robertson Theatre Workshop, New York, NY, Acting, Warren Robertson, Larry Moss 1971-1975.
Education Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, MD, 1959
Training New School Filmmaking, New York, NY, Filmmaking, Arnold Eagle Warren Robertson Theatre Workshop, New York, NY, Acting, Warren Robertson, Larry Moss 1971-1975.