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Collette Sunderman (born October 25, 1959) is an American director principally involved with voice direction for animated television, film productions and video games.
Her credits include The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, What's New, Scooby-Doo, Duck Dodgers, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder, and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
Early life
Collette Marie Bennett was born in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California.
Career
She began her career in animation in the early 1990s for Hanna-Barbera, where Sunderman worked as a talent coordinator.
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 Avengers Assemble, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! and All Hail King Julien, which she is co-directing alongside Lisa Schaffer, and Ben 10.
Production filmography
- Adventure Time - Voice Director
- 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
- 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 & Voice Director
- Codename: Kids Next Door - Casting & Voice Director
- Constantine: The Video Game - Voice Director
- Cow & Chicken - Casting Manager
- DC Nation Shorts - Casting Director
- Dear Dracula - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Dexter's Laboratory - Talent Coordinator, Casting Manager, Casting Director, Recording Director
- Duck Dodgers - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Dumb and Dumber - Talent Coordinator
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Voice Direction
- The Flintstones: On the Rocks - Casting Director & Recording Director
- The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! - Casting & Voice Director
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Casting Director & Recording Director
- Generator Rex - Casting Director & Recording Director
- I am Weasel - Casting Manager
- The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Johnny Bravo - Casting Manager, Casting Director and Recording Director (Seasons 2-3)
- Kenny and the Chimp - Casting Director and Recording Director
- Lego Batman: The Video Game - Voice Director
- The Looney Tunes Show - Casting Director & Voice Director
- Megas XLR - Casting Director
- Mucha Lucha! - Casting Director & Voice Director
- The Powerpuff Girls - Casting Director & Recording Director
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie - Casting Director & 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
- Star Wars: Clone Wars - Casting Director
- Steel Battalion - Voice 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
- Viewtiful Joe - Voice Director
- Viewtiful Joe 2 - Voice Director
- Xiaolin Chronicles - Casting Director & Voice Director
Personal life
Sunderman is married to Nick and has two children, a son and daughter.