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This class meets Thursday and Friday, August 19-20, from 9:00am-6:00pm.  There will be a 1-hour lunch break each day.

This class meets twice. Dates:
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday, August 20, 2010, 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cancel Deadline: 08/05/10

Fee: $525

This event is in the past.

This class exercises on-camera technique including breaking down a scene to help you book the job!

Bob Krakower is recognized as one of the top acting teachers and coaches in the business. Sought after by studios, networks, theatre companies and actors, he works out of home bases in New York and Los Angeles, while maintaining a busy schedule of coaching on set for film and television around the country.
Film & Television

After years of teaching acting and directing for the stage, ABC -- noting his eye for young talent -- offered Mr. Krakower a job in casting. Over the next three years -- at ABC, MTV, Paramount, and Tollin-Robbins Productions -- he worked as a casting director on over 50 projects, including "NYPD Blue," "My So-Called Life," "Arliss," "All That," and "Varsity Blues." Noting Bob's teaching background, director Brian Robbins also employed him as an acting coach on many projects, culminating in their work together on "The Perfect Score" (starring Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, and Darius Miles), and "Hardball" (starring Keanu Reeves). In the director¹s commentary of the DVD for "Hardball," Robbins says, "Bob helped find a lot of the kids and more importantly --I knew I had my hands full with ten actors who never acted before -- he really gave the skills, and he really turned them into actors. Because when I got them on the set, they were ready. They knew the essence of a scene, they weren¹t just saying words, they really had some chops built up and he just did afantastic job with them."

Krakower has gone on to coach actors on dozens of films and television shows, hired as often by the studios, networks, and production companies as he is by the actors themselves. Whether he is working with kids ("Hardball," "All That"), stand-up comics (Louis C.K., Lewis Black, John Pinette, Jimmy Fallon, Greg Geraldo, Jim Norton, and others) or actors (Reba McEntire, Josh Duhamel, Eden Espinoza, Antonique Smith, Milena Govich, and many more), he does so with what Emmy Award Winning director Michael Lembeck has called "the most passionate, kindest, and brightest approach I've ever seen." His studio in New York is housed at One-On-One Productions in NYC. There, with business partner Marc Isaacman, they have built one of the most successful long running acting classes in New York.

Scott Campbell
After taking a class with BOB KRAKOWER, Scott Campbell booked a Guest Appearance in Season 2 of USA Channel's WHITE COLLAR.