 Mr. Sussman is a true New Yorker, having been raised in New York for most of his childhood, as well as having attended Ithaca College as a History and Journalism major.
After graduating from college, he worked as a journalist for Financial Wire Services at Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1985-1987. During his tenure there, Mr. Sussman covered OPEC, the United States Defense Industry and the Pennzoil vs. Texaco litigation. In August of 1988, Mr. Sussman ventured out to Los Angeles to join the William Morris Agency as a member of its agent trainee program. He swiftly moved through the ranks and served as a talent agent there for ten years. Mr. Sussman’s client roster included such actors as Steve Buscemi, Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glenn, Chloe Sevigny and Lili Taylor. At William Morris, he also helped to cast and finance several independent features, including Buscemi’s Trees Lounge and Stanley Tucci’s films Big Night and The Impostors. Mr. Sussman left William Morris in 1998 to join Brillstein Entertainment Partners, where he has been working as a talent manager with clients such as Noah Wyle, Jimmy Smits, Chloe Sevigny, John Stamos, Heather Locklear, and Robert Sean Leonard. Mr. Sussman’s passion for Israel began at an early age, when he lived on Moshav Moledet as a teenager in 1978. He has continued his commitment through his work with a variety of local organizations. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Entertainment Division of The Jewish Federation. Mr. Sussman was recently made chairman of all missions to Israel and Israel activity for The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and its Valley Alliance. Mr. Sussman organizes The Jewish Federation’s Los Angeles/Tel Aviv Partnership’s Master Class at the Tel Aviv University Film School. He travels there each June to teach its students. Mr. Sussman teaches two classes at the University of Southern California. The first class are sophomores matriculated in the business school and the second is a class of graduate students from the law school, cinema schools and Annenberg School for Communication. Sussman has also taught at UCLA Extension for over five years. He currently sits on the Board of Governors for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Danny Sussman has visited Israel over 43 times throughout his lifetime. |
