Jack Waltzer
Jack Waltzer is an acting coach.
Biography
Waltzer is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio, and trained with America’s foremost educators of the Stanislavsky method such as Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen among others.[1]
Waltzer coaches actors both in North America and Europe, with master classes in cities such as Paris.[2]
His students have included Sigourney Weaver,[3] Sharon Stone,[4] Julie Gayet and David Atrakchi.
In a Los Angeles Times article, Weaver credited "her newfound range with a process that began after Roman Polanski introduced her to uber-acting coach Jack Waltzer in Paris in 1993."[5]
Documentary
The 2011 documentary Jack Waltzer: On the Craft of Acting, directed by Antoine Levannier, Christophe Dimitri Réveille, Joëlle Séchaud and Juan Diego Solanas, pays tribute to Waltzer and his teaching, and includes interviews with well known actors such as James Caan, Jon Voight, Elsa Zylberstein, Tomer Sisley .[6]
The film was broadcast on French television under the title Jack Waltzer un des grands maitres américains de l'art dramatique[7]
External links
References
- ↑ "American Film Acting : La Masterclass de Jack Waltzer" (in French). Sens Critique. January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Fritz, Ben (June 22, 2003). "Coaches on Euro role". Variety.
- ↑ Bernard, Jami (March 18, 2001). "A Career of Living Dangerously". New York Daily News.
- ↑ "Conduite accompagnée avec Tomer Sisley and Jack Waltzer" (in French). France Inter. July 6, 2006.
- ↑ "Sigourney Weaver has the chance to show a broader more heartfelt acting range". Los Angeles Times. January 10, 2000.
- ↑ "Jack Waltzer: On the Craft of Acting". FilmAffinity. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ↑ Rothman, Cliff (January 5, 2015). "Jack Waltzer un des grands maitres américains de l'art dramatique". Le Figaro.