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Directing Actors

Everything in the school that teaches Directing Actors, across 3 departments.

31 lessons · 17h 14m · Acting · Directing · Film Business

Lessons on Directing Actors

Michael Caine Teaches Acting In Film — FilmKunst · 58m · Advanced
Masterclass de Wes Anderson & Joel Coen (2019) — La Fémis · 91m · Advanced
Directing Actors with Judith Weston — michaelwiese · 58m · Intermediate
Sam Mendes on his Rehearsal Process | National Theatre — National Theatre · 8m · Advanced
Greta Gerwig interviewed by Jesse Armstrong | BFI London Film Festival 2023 Screen Talk — BFI · 61m · Advanced
Michelle Yeoh & The Daniels Break Down 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Fight Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 10m · Intermediate
BFI Future Film Festival 2022 | How to Direct Actors with Judith Weston — BFI · 48m · Intermediate
'The Smashing Machine' Director Benny Safdie Breaks Down a Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 12m · Intermediate
How Actors Prepare for a Role — Acting Techniques Explained — StudioBinder · 17m · Beginner
THR Director Roundtable: Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat, Denis Villeneuve, Ridley Scott & More — The Hollywood Reporter · 44m · Advanced
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances For Film & TV - Judith Weston [FULL INTERVIEW] — Film Courage · 38m · Intermediate
How to Direct Actors — Directing Advice from the Greats — StudioBinder · 21m · Intermediate
Off Camera with Sam Jones — Featuring Jeff Bridges — theoffcamerashow · 30m · Intermediate
Directing Actors — 24 Filmmakers on Writing, Casting, Prep, and Shooting — StudioBinder · 13m · Intermediate
Off Camera with Sam Jones — Featuring Robert Downey Jr. — theoffcamerashow · 30m · Intermediate
Directing Actors Masterclass - Pip Edwards — Sydney Actors School · 76m · Advanced
David Fincher on his Filmmaking Philosophy | On Directing — BAFTA Guru · 12m · Advanced
Directing 101: Rehearsals — StudioBinder · 10m · Beginner
Masterclass | Ashley Walters — BAFTA Guru · 50m · Intermediate
How To Run An Acting Rehearsal - Film Directing 101 — StudioBinder · 9m · Beginner
Acting Masterclass with Sacha Dhawan | Doctor Who, Dracula, The History Boys & More — BAFTA Guru · 42m · Intermediate
Director John Badham on the Rehearsal Process — Mike Moreno (ActorCEO) · 4m · Intermediate
Bong Joon Ho & Song Kang Ho on the Phenomenon of Parasite — Film at Lincoln Center · 31m · Intermediate
How to Fix Bad Acting (6 directing tricks) — Standard Story Company · 9m · Beginner
A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson — Xixax TV · 41m · Intermediate
How to direct a movie - blocking actors for realistic performances — FilmSkills · 12m · Intermediate
Chloé Zhao in conversation with Joe Wright on Hamnet (Audio Only - Directors UK Podcast) — Directors UK · 37m · Advanced
Directing Actors 101: How to Give Clear and Concise Notes | Director Thomas Barnes — H8URS · 6m · Beginner
Watch Scorsese Directing — Shot, Drawn & Cut · 116m · Intermediate
Paul Thomas Anderson on How He Directed The Master — The Director's Cut · 12m · Intermediate

Departments teaching this

Oscar-winning performances

Books on directing

The director’s monitor

Accsoon CineView SE — Video to a phone, for under three hundred
Accsoon CineView Quad — Four inputs, switchable — a tiny multicamera village
PortKeys BM5 III WR — Monitor that can also run the camera
Hollyland Mars 4K — 4K wireless to four phones at once
Atomos Ninja V — The 5" recorder-monitor that made ProRes RAW normal
Atomos Ninja (5") — The current 5" recorder-monitor

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