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Although John has been teaching acting for over 30 years, there’s much more to John’s story. During that time, he has worked successfully as an actor as well as a director. He was the Artistic Director and resident playwright of the 65th Street Theater in Seattle and the Co-Founder of Performing Actor’s Studio in Los Angeles.
During his Seattle days, in addition to running a theater and teaching, John also co-founded Casting Northwest, which cast numerous national and regional commercials, theatrical productions, features, voice-overs and led several talent searches in the Northwest for ABC.
Returning to LA, John continued casting, working as a session director for some of the busiest casting directors in town while simultaneously acting, teaching and working as a screenwriter and story editor. But it was the years he spent in casting that most inspired his work in The Language of the Face. He realized that the hardest thing for the majority of actors to do was to come up with a real, recognizable reaction on demand. All this culminated in John writing two bestselling books Acting: Face to Face (2013) and Acting: Face to Face 2 (2015). These two books continue to sell globally and have resulted in John being known as the “Go-To Emotion Specialist.”
John has dedicated the bulk of his career to studying and understanding emotions and how that applies to artistic expression. He’s done this by studying the work of leading scientific researchers in the field of emotions. This study has made him an expert in not only how we do express emotion, but the various reasons that some people may actually fail to do so.
Developing the Language of the Face and the classes that go along with it has been John’s quest and passion. Currently, he teaches workshops, classes, seminars to students around the world and most recently has made his entire curriculum available online for the first time. It is the most comprehensive and deepest dive in online acting classes to date. In addition, he publishes articles in trade papers and blogs and is one of Backstage’s expert contributors.
What John prides himself most in his unique teaching process is that he gives his students more than just tips and tricks, but the very real, applicable tools they need to increase their level of skill. This gives them the confidence to achieve their goals, which translates directly into having a successful acting career.
His philosophy has always been to take in the whole actor in order to -
Educate, Inspire and Empower...
John’s holistic approach is not just for actors, but anyone who has a passion to go beyond what they think is possible. Each one of those 3 words has a specific meaning:
To Educate: This is not just about sharing information, but keeping the information current and as applicable as possible. Theory is fun at dinner parties but doesn’t necessarily help us in the real world of acting. John is constantly working with the top casting directors, agents and managers to stay on top of current trends and integrate those into his teaching.
To Inspire: To inspire someone, John delves into the individual's beliefs to find what they think they are capable of accomplishing. Together they work on expanding those that are limiting and dispel the ones that do not serve. When this is accomplished a new world with new possibilities opens up. Each actor is unique. They hear and take in information differently. So, to inspire someone to be better than what they thought they could be, he must know each actor on an individual level.
To Empower: To John, empowering is about raising an actor’s level of skill. This has two sides to it. The first is learning to understand how to break down and interpret the source material or script. This is about making choices. The other side is executing the choices you make. The more the actor is able to fuse these two sides together, the greater the level of skill. Skill promotes confidence. Confidence and trust in yourself and your ability is empowering.
John is available as a speaker, guest lecturer and one-on-one consultant not just for people who want to be better actors, but those in the multiple “face-to-face” sectors of business who need and want to be better and more real and vibrant communicators.
When he has spare time, John be found noodling on his guitar, piano and honing the world’s greatest recipe for pesto.
For more info contact: john@languageoftheface.com
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