Holly Gagnier
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Holly Gagnier 〰️
Live Webinar!
21 September 2024 | Saturday | 10AM - 12PM (Philippine Time)
Senior Staff Member & Director at Playhouse West LA, Holly is here to talk about her experience teaching the technique for over thirty years and studying under Sanford Meisner himself. Don’t miss out on this chance to meet a first-generation Meisner teacher!
Joining us is Froilan Betancor-Toner!
Staff Member and Teacher at Playhouse West LA, he has been teaching the technique for six years.
Past Events
Casting Director Workshop
9 August 2024 The Box Studios PH
Meisner Studio Manila is thrilled to welcome UK Casting Director, Jade Rambaut to our studio! Jade has worked for Sophie Holland Casting and Finnian Tweed Casting and has been responsible for casting projects such as: Indian Detective, Down a Dark Hall, The Witcher Season 1, Sweet Bitter, Redeeming Love, NBC Pilot season (2019 & 2020), Mary, Den of Thieves 2, Levon's Trade.
A multi-hyphenate of the highest order, Jade has also produced two feature films, 'Butterfly Kisses', which won the Berlin Bear (Berlinale Film Festival) and 'A Brixton Tale' (starring Jaime Winstone and Lily Newmark), is currently in pre-production on another two international features, and has joined forces with an Australian film development company!
With a background as a trained actor-turned-Casting Director, as well as a Qualified NLP, and CBT coach and a long-standing Associate and Coach in the European Entertainment Industry, Jade knows the best acting is when it is real, messy and unplanned and will be able to help you find the truth in your mess and communicate it through the scene.
Officially a Trauma-Informed Coach, Jade works closely with Frankie Fearis (Casting Associate) and Mimi Khayisa (Actress/The Witcher) on projects which support Actors and their Mental Wealth.
ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
January 11, 2023
Venue
CMB Film Services PH
The camera might be the most intimate acting partner an actor could have. Actors need to understand the importance of their relationship to the camera and to be at ease in front of it. This workshop will help to develop the actor's on-camera acting skills. and increase confidence and understanding on how to relate to the camera.
The workshop will be led by acclaimed cinematographer, producer, and director, Dan Villegas. Participants will finish the workshop with a recorded duologue scene partner from class.
Dan Villegas is a Filipino cinematographer and director. He won the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director award for his film English Only, Please. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University. He also took up film courses at the Marilou Diaz Abaya Film Institute and Berlinale Talents in Europe.
He has since directed box office hits such as “The Break-Up Playlist”, “How To Be Yours”, and “Always Be My Maybe”, the latter named one of the best Filipino films of 2016 by CNN. His entry at the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival, “#WalangForever” won Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Story, Best Screenplay, the Fernando Poe Memorial Award and Best Picture, and was in competition at the 2016 Osaka Asian Film Festival.
Upcoming Events
Masterclasses by Scott Trost
Executive Director - Meisner Institute, LA, USA