actor-filmmaker Tag

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors Producing Films”

23.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 44 Comments

I stumbled upon two links separately but which were interconnected. The first, was a story that Cate Blanchett was to make her directorial debut and the second was a "top 10" list of first films by actors-turned-directors. Ralph Fiennes has a film coming out (The...

The Great Acting Blog: “Great Work Is Done By Those Who Take Responsibility”

22.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 35 Comments

I entered the theatre with some trepidation. I was worried it was going to be another one of those American movies about twenty-somethings moaning about non-problems, or a second rate episode of Friends shot in black and white. I hadn’t liked The Squid And The...

“Pierre Etaix’s Rupture”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orX3qV2Bskw "Pierre Etaix is one of the few comic author-director-actor film-makers practicing today." - From Variety, April 1969 I recently discovered the work of actor-filmmaker Pierre Etaix, a clown and comedian who was dubbed the "French Buster Keaton". He had been a gag writer for Jacques Tati, and worked with...

The Great Acting Blog: “Build It On Solid Craft”

24.04.2013 , Noirish Project, Uncategorized , 0 Comments

In last weeks post, I mentioned that I finally felt a sense of harmony between my acting and filmmaking activities, that I'd finally cast off the clumsiness which had hitherto accompanied my attempts to switch between the two roles. I had never suffered this clumsiness...

The Great Acting Blog: “Steps Towards Actor-Filmmaking”

17.04.2013 , Noirish Project, The Great Acting Blog , 22 Comments

[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] One of the great things about acting (if you're diligent and willing) is that you can improve your work very, very quickly. Why? Because of it's simplicity. The only thing you need in order to act is yourself, you don't need personnel or technology...