The Actors Lounge

Actors are invited onto the Actors lounge to discuss production developments, their careers, and their lives as working Actors. Host by Daisie Belle interviews Actors Andrew Osei-Kamren & Ellinor Persdotter

Voice Actor Detective / 2021

In this work, Osamu Sawashiro , who retired as a voice actor and became a detective in the wake of a certain incident. He approaches the truth of the incident with his own special ability, an "absolute pitch" that is not absolute pitch. Along with Kaoru Toru, a new detective, and Bainora, who is a non-zero companion, solve the case by relying on the...

The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors / 2010

A presentation of the late classic actress Nina Foch's courses for filmmakers and actors which she held at USC School of Cinematic Arts since the 1960s.

Working Surface: A Short Study (with Actors) in the 'Ways' of a Bourgeois Writer / 1979

Bill Douglas plays a writer struggling with a script about the interior lives of two women (played by Joanna David and Heather Page).

Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase / 2005

In this thespian workout, a troop of stage actors improvises within a kaleidoscopic zone of warped spaces.

Actors Studio / 2013

The story is about a family who their only interest is money and fortunes, so they forget about family relationships and respect.

The Hungry Actors / 1915

The Hungry Actors is a 1915 Comedy short.

Only Actors / 2022

An artist and his actor boyfriend have a tense night where truths about their art and relationship are revealed.

various actors crying on command / 2022

A collection of audition tapes featuring various actors attempting to cry on camera.

Are Animals Actors? / 1945

A short film that looks at various animal acts training and working in Hollywood.

Hamlet: The Actor's View / 1954

One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately associated for ever since 1929.

Actors of Sound / 2016

Since the 1930’s, sound gurus referred to as Foley artists have recreated the sounds that infuse a film with life. During a film’s post-production, Foley artists recreate sound that will match the moving image on-screen, using whatever objects are at their fingertips, from hundreds of pairs of old shoes to clunky old tools and squeaky mattresses. But how will Hollywood’s low-tech sound artists survive as digital technology consumes modern movie-making?

Actors Job Satisfaction Film Workshop / 2022

An actors workshop in fining satisfaction in a talented career. Finding satisfaction in your life and acting gigs.

Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me / 1988

Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine — the delicate damsel in distress, stranded on a swift-moving ice floe, cowering before a sadistic brute. The film showcases generous footage of her most memorable performances. In this Emmy-award winning documentary, the celebrated actress reflects on her life and work spanning the 20th century, particularly her years as D.W. Griffith's favorite leading lady and collaborator.

Traces in the Snow. An Actor's Artistic Autobiography: Work Demonstration with Roberta Carreri / 1994

Every performance tells a story. The characters belonging to the world of fiction become credible reality for the spectator thanks to the actor's technique. In Traces in the Snow the technique itself becomes the protagonist. The actor carries on a dialogue with the secrets, which precede and follow the building of a character and the creation of a performance – and its process, she exposes these secrets. The tension, which characterises every drama, is also present in this performance/work demonstration, due to the confrontation between the actor’s two forms of behaviour: daily and scenic.

Abducted - Elizabeth I's Child Actors / 2018

The gripping true story of a boy abducted from the streets of Elizabethan London, and how his father fought to get him back. Presented by acclaimed children's author and academic Katherine Rundell, this intriguing tale is set behind the scenes in the golden age of Shakespeare and sheds a shocking light on the lives of children long before they were thought to have rights. Thirteen-year-old Thomas Clifton was walking to school on 13 December 1600, when he was violently kidnapped. And what's most extraordinary is that the men who took him claimed that they had legal authority to do so from Queen Elizabeth I herself. Children are so often missing from history, but this tale has survived by the skin of its teeth. This inventive film pieces together Thomas Clifton's story from contemporary accounts, court documents, plays and poetry, with the missing gaps beautifully illustrated by vivid hand-drawn animation.

Actors' Fund Field Day / 1910

It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.

Best Actors / 2015

Surviving Sunset: An Actor's Hollywood Journey / 2022

The story of an actor who fights back against the odds by overcoming his own fears and creating his own path to Hollywood, documenting his journey along the way. He meets other actors who share their own fears and insecurities with him, helping help him to understand his own journey better and inspire others to do the same.

The Actors at Work Series: Directors on Acting / 1993

Acting coach Joel Asher leads this insightful course on the crucial relationship between actor and director. Asher interviews five top film and television directors (Jane Anderson, Arthur Hiller, Gordon Hunt, Jeremy Kagan and Asaad Kelada) who explain how they develop a story, how they collaborate with actors during the creative process, and how actors can perfect their skills and instincts in order to achieve great performances.