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screen acting directed by an award winning film director
Ian Vernon originally trained in film & photography at art college.
He went on to become a successful advertising/fashion photographer, working for advertising agencies, on assignments around the world.
He wanted to follow his first love of directing and writing.
So, over the years that followed, he studied acting; Method, Stella Adler, and Meisner,
in the UK and LA.
All to better understand how to direct an actor to achieve his/her best
performance on the screen...
Ian wrote & directed ACTORS, a TV pilot/feature film, and 9 short films
(four shot in Los Angeles).
He then wrote & directed the black comedy feature REBELS WITHOUT A CLUE,
which screened at Cannes film festival - Palais Marche.
The film then screened at major international film festivals around the world, winning
BEST SOUNDTRACK, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SUPPORTING ACTOR at
Ibiza International Film Festival.
It was NOMINATED BEST UK FEATURE at Raindance Film Festival - London.
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BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN ROCHDALE - a comedy feature
about a group of women that set-up a co-operative brothel...with no sex.
It had its world premiere at the prestigious Palm Beach International Festival,
winning the AUDIENCE FAVOURITE AWARD.
It also went on to win; BEST FOREIGN FILM at San Diego Film Festival,
BEST FEATURE at London Independent Film Festival.
It was released in the UK under the title BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN THE NORTH.
It has since became a northern cult comedy classic.
Available on many VOD platforms.
THE WAR I KNEW - a World War II feature drama about a lost soldier on D-Day -
was invited to premièred at Palm Beach International Film Festival.
It screened at Canada International Film Festival, winning
the RISING STAR AWARD, and the London Independent Film Festival.
It is currently available in 6 countries.
His latest feature is BROOD PARASITE - is a modern-day supernatural thriller.
Ian has coached screen acting workshops for over 22 years in the UK
and Los Angeles.
In this time, he has developed an individual real-world "method" of teaching.
He also coached a term of workshops for Equity at the Leeds Film School,
and in Manchester.
Like most styles of acting, Ian's method is a conglomerate of past approaches:
Strasberg's Method, Stella Adler and Sanford Meisner.
All these talented people adapted from Stanislavski to varying degrees.
Ian has adapted from these masters - and through his productions in LA & UK,
working with actors in real world situations on set - to build his own
methodology in practical screen acting while on set.
"Ian's experience, HONEST CRITIQUE, gently delivered,
truly helps an actor."
"Other acting workshops may pander to your ego.
Ian tells it like it is."
"Many coaches don't explain how to correct your performance
in a scene...
Will that make you a better actor ?"
"Ian doesn't just improve your acting range,
he explains how that transfers to acting on-set"
