Wednesday 6 May | 6.30pm | Apple Store Covent Garden
Join London Film School tutor Richard Kwietniowski, who has directed actors such as John Hurt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Minnie Driver, as he talks about the director/actor relationship and gives some practical tips on how to achieve the best performances for your project, covering casting, rehearsals and approaches on the shoot.
After studying literature then film at University of Kent at Canterbury, Richard became Visiting Research Scholar in Film at University of California at Berkeley before returning to the UK to work in the independent film sector and higher education. Short films including Alfalfa and Flames of Passion were distributed internationally. Work as a director for British TV received Royal Television Society and D&AD (Gold and Best of Year) awards and a Prix Italia nomination. Feature films Love and Death on Long Island (John Hurt and Jason Priestley), and Owning Mahowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Minnie Driver) both made Best of Year critics’ lists. Awards include prizes from Cannes Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, New York Film Critics Circle, US National Board of Review and BAFTA. He teaches directing, screenwriting and acting-to-camera at a range of institutions in the UK and beyond, and has contributed to many European initiatives in feature film development.
Places are free but you must book in advance HERE.