Filmmaking from the Inside-Out – Illeana Douglas

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• 10 Video lessons in HD
• 5h 13m of class content

LESSONS

1. Background & Inspiration
2. The History Of Actors And Their Influences
3. The History Of Actresses & The Archetypes
4. The History Of Writers & Directors
5. The Roulette Wheel Of Insanity
6. Collaborating With Actors
7. Actor To Director With Neil LeBute
8. Collaboration With Editors
9. Importance Of Editing With Bill Pankow
10. Working With Cinematographers With Anastas Michos

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Help Everyone Do Their Best Work.

Where exactly does a filmmaker’s responsibility end and an actor’s begin? Filmmaking requires an abundance of creative collaboration and parsing out who is responsible what is a surprisingly complicated endeavor. In Filmmaking from the Inside-Out, Illeana Douglas will share strategies and insights that improve communication for those working on both sides of the camera.

Illeana has a unique vantage point. Her grandfather is the OSCAR® award-winning actor, Melvyn Douglas and she has worked extensively as an actor, director, and producer alongside some of the giants in the industry, including: filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Gus Van Sant and Robert Redford; and actors Robert De Niro, Ralph Fiennes, and Nicole Kidman. In this class, Illeana will help both actors and filmmakers develop a better understanding of their own unique roles and how they can work together to capture the best-possible performance, in-camera. You’ll learn:

• The precise definition of “filmmaker” and what they are responsible for
• What the actor is expected to bring to a production
• Customizable approaches for improving communication on set
• Techniques for capturing performance on camera

Nearly every filmmaker and actor grapples with some level of insecurity and wants to feel more confident about their work. In this class, you’ll learn strategies for improving your craft and communicating about your unique contributions with your fellow creative collaborators.

Whether you are a filmmaker or actor, you’ll learn tangible and craft-based approaches to making constructive decisions and capturing the best work on set and in the camera.

Special Guests:

• Anastas Michos, Cinematographer 
• Bill Pankow, Editor 
• Neil LaBute, Writer/Director

ILLEANA DOUGLAS

Illeana Douglas is an award winning actress/writer/director whose recent films include She’s Funny That Way directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Sisters with Barbara Hershey, Max Rose with Jerry Lewis, and Chez Upshaw with Kevin Pollak, for which Douglas won the LA IFS Best Actress Award, and The Green for which she won best supporting actress at the San Diego Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Illeana first came to prominence as Matt Dillon’s suspicious sister in Gus Van Sant’s To Die For, for which she was a New York Film Critics award nominee. Other memorable performances include Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Grace of My Heart, Happy, Texas, Stir of Echoes, Ghost World, and Factory Girl. Notable television work includes Rough Riders, Bella Mafia, Weapons of Mass Distraction, Lansky, and Point of Origin.

Illeana has a recurring role on the hit NBC show Welcome to Sweden, produced by Amy Poehler. She guest starred on Maron for IFC, Grey’s Anatomy, Entourage, and Six Feet Under, which earned her an Emmy nomination. Additionally, she has been featured in recurring and guest-star roles in Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order, Ugly Betty, The Drew Carey Show, Frasier, Seinfeld, and The Larry Sanders Show. She is also an on camera host and interviewer for Turner Classic Movies.

Her award-winning web series Easy To Assemble has been downloaded over 40 million times and has been called, “The most successful branded show of all time” by Ad-Week. Easy to Assemble features Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Pollak, Jane Lynch, Cheri Oteri, Patricia Heaton, Tim Meadows, Fred Willard, Roger Bart, Justine Bateman and spawned a spin-off Sparhusen which starred Keanu Reeves.

Her first book, I Blame Dennis Hopper:And Other Stories from a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies will be released later this year and is published by Flatiron Books.

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