My Favorite Room | Producer Suzanne Todd
The ‘Bad Moms’ and ‘Austin Powers’ filmmaker surrounds herself with ‘fun, energy, creativity and joie de vivre.’ Just don’t challenge her to Ms. Pac-Man.
![PACIFIC PALISADES, CA -- NOVEMBER 13, 2019: The family room / living room is Suzanne Todd’s favorite room. It’s a comfortable place for friends and family to gather. Todd is a producer with a combined gross of over $3 billion at the box office. She’s one of the most successful female producers with a long history of successful films and franchises, including “Memento,” “Across The Universe,” the “Austin Powers” films, Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland” films, the “Bad Moms” films and most recently “Jexi” with Adam Devine. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dddcacb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6720x4480+0+0/resize/1440x960!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F02%2F9a%2Fc774756b41afb5e53ac01d2dd305%2Fla-photos-1staff-471131-fi-hp-favorite-room-suzanne-todd-05-mjc.jpg)
Suzanne Todd in her Pacific Palisades home. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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The family room/living room is Todd’s favorite. It’s a comfortable place for friends and family to gather. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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The home is 4,480 square feet. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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A gaming console with a collection of classic arcade games. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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Disney figurines. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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A young Walt Disney. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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“The only thing that overtakes this house — and frankly every house I’ve lived in — are books,” Todd says. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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Todd’s daughter, Serena, and son, Dash. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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Plenty of space for books. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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“We have a modern aesthetic, and the kids all love that, but I just love things that are clean and that I can keep very organized,” Todd says. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)