Filmmaker & Actress Susan Traylor

Filmmaking Confidential

Susan Traylor is an award-winning actress, writer and film director. She was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles in and around the theater. Her parents were legendary acting teachers Peggy Feury and William Traylor who worked with the likes of Sean Penn, Meg Ryan, Anjelica Huston, Nicolas Cage, and Michele Pfeiffer. Their school, the Loft Studio, served as a second home to Susan. At fifteen she insisted on officially studying with her parents. She continued her formal education by going to film school at NYU and while in New York she studied acting with Rochelle Oliver.
Susan’s breakthrough role came in Robert Redford’s A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. Susan also starred in HEAT with Robert DeNiro, in Gus Van Sant’s TO DIE FOR, GREENBERG with Ben Stiller, and numerous television series. In 2005 she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in an amazing film called WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA. She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in VALERIE FLAKE. She has also appeared in a number of Steve Balderson's films.