Sue Bea Montgomery Explained

Sue Bea Montgomery
Birth Name:Sue Bea Belknap
Occupation:Film producer

Sue Bea Montgomery (born 1958) is an American film producer from Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] After serving as an associate producer on the 1999 Independent film Chillicothe, she introduced the film's director Todd Edwards and his brother Cory Edwards to entrepreneur and inventor Maurice Kanbar, who had invested in the film. Kanbar agreed to finance the brothers to direct an animated film, based on a well known fairy tale, and they came up with Hoodwinked, a unique retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.[1] To produce the film, Montgomery and Kanbar founded Kanbar Entertainment and Kanbar Animation in 2002.[2] [3] To save costs, the film's animation was produced in Manila, Philippines, which made it the first independent computer-animated film to be produced in the Philippines.[1] The film was also one of the first computer-animated films to be completely independently funded.[4] [5] Hoodwinked! was released in 2005, receiving mixed reviews, and earning over $110 million worldwide.[6] Montgomery served as a producer on two PBS Kids series; Sid the Science Kid from 2008 to 2009 and Dinosaur Train from 2009 to 2010. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Children's Animated Program for her work on Dinosaur Train.[7] She has also worked on a number of other well known films, including Ironweed, The Shawshank Redemption, Air Force One, and .

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
1983The Outsidersproduction assistant (uncredited)
1987Light of Dayassistant: Mr. Claybourne, location publicity assistant (as Sue Bea Belknap)
1987Ironweedassistant: Mr. Babenco, post-production supervisor (as Sue Bea Belknap)
1988The Wonder Years (unknown episodes)assistant to producers
1989Great Balls of Fire!assistant: Mr. McBride (as Sue Bea Belknap)
1990The Wonder Years (Growing Up)associate producer (as Sue Bea Belknap)
1990The Wonder Years (Ninth Grade Man)associate producer (as Sue Bea Belknap)
1991The Wonder Years (The Accident)associate producer
1993In the Line of Fireproduction secretary
1994The Shawshank Redemptionproduction supervisor
1995Empire Recordsproduction coordinator (uncredited)
1996Tin Cupproduction office coordinator
1996My Fellow Americansproduction coordinator (uncredited)
1997Air Force Oneproduction coordinator
1999Mutual Love Lifeproducer
2001post-production manager
2003The Bus Stops Hereco-producer
2003A Bear's Storyexecutive producer
2005Hoodwinked!producer
2008–2009Sid the Science Kidproducer
2009–2010Dinosaur Trainproducer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hoodwinked: Anatomy of an Independent Animated Feature . J. Paul Peszko . . May 11, 2004 . June 28, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033636/http://www.awn.com/vfxworld/hoodwinked-anatomy-independent-animated-feature . March 4, 2016 . mdy-all.
  2. Web site: Weinsteins sign Red Riding Hood. Ian Mohr. Variety. May 17, 2005. January 20, 2013.
  3. The Weinstein Company Presents Hoodwinked - Press Notes. January 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20060302100636/http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/hoodwinked/notes.pdf/. March 2, 2006.
  4. Web site: A Conversation with Cory Edwards. Jason Anders. fullecirclestuff.blogspot.com. January 26, 2009. June 29, 2012.
  5. Web site: Interview with Fulle Circle. Cory Edwards. coryedwards.com. January 29, 2009. June 29, 2012.
  6. Web site: Hoodwinked Box Office Mojo. boxofficemojo.com. June 2, 2012.
  7. Web site: Outstanding Children's Animated Program. emmyonline.org. July 1, 2012.