The Studio:

Two 4K Panasonic DVX200 cameras = One Of The Best-Equipped Acting Classes in Los Angeles.

In our 2-camera 4K studio, students work on scenes from feature films. They cold read one week in 1-hour private sessions on Zoom, then rehearse, record, playback and critique the following week in the studio as a class.

With our Blackmagic Design 4K cameras, our Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini switcher, our AKG microphone and professional audio mixer, we are able to make near-demo quality recordings of all our students’ scenework.

The Teacher: Eric Stephan Kline

Eric has taught acting classes at the Workshop for 20 years. He has an M.A. in Television Production, and was a Visiting Lecturer in Drama at U.C. Irvine. He's coached actors for 1000's of auditions and roles in films and television. Eric has also worked as a visual consultant on many television shows, including "Grey's Anatomy," "Medium," "Brothers and Sisters," and "The Gilmore Girls."

I also took a lot of classes with a wonderful acting teacher, Eric Stephan Kline, at the Film Actors Workshop...and the performance techniques of  Eric...that technique was very useful.

-- Gavin Hood, Dir., "Tsotsi," Oscar Winner

If you're an L.A.-based actor and want to work with the best film acting coach, I can't recommend Film Actors Workshop highly enough. Eric Kline...will make you a stronger, more confident, and professional actor, armed with an invaluable skillset...

-- Jorg Tittel, dir., "The White King"

The Innovator: Tony Barr

Tony Barr started the Film Actors Workshop in 1960. He pioneered the idea of using cameras to train actors in 1970, when the first portable video equipment became widely available. 

Tony was a network executive for over 25 years, first at ABC, then at CBS, where he was a Vice President of CBS Entertainment Productions. He was responsible for the creative supervision of Dallas, Magnum P.I., Lou Grant, Trapper John, Knots Landing, and many other classic CBS dramatic series. 

Tony passed away twenty years ago. His legacy continues on with his students, and with a whole new generation of acting teachers for whom he is both a mentor and an inspiration.

As a teacher, Tony always stressed the importance of listening -- not just to the spoken dialogue -- but to the implications of every word, every movement, every pause. His approach teaches the actor to work from himself, and to be simple without becoming de-energized.

The Book

Many industry professionals consider Tony Barr's book, ACTING FOR THE CAMERA, to be the definitive work on acting in film and television:

"...one of the most helpful, most understanding books for actors..."

-- Oscar Winner Eva Marie Saint

"It is fast reading, easily understood, and beautifully laid out. Now I know what I do."

-- Emmy Winner Ed Asner

"Tony Barr's Acting For The Camera is the best book of its kind I know."

-- Emmy Winner Sharon Gless

 "...his work has earned him a solid reputation as a teacher of acting techniques...In Acting For The Camera he has put it all down on paper."

-- Variety

The Program

Acting Classes are limited to 14 students, so that every actor can work every night.

The first week of each cycle students cold read in a 1-hour private Zoom session with their partner and the teacher.

The following week the entire class meets in the studio to rehearse, record, playback and critique the scenes.

The Tuesday class runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Wednesday class runs from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Tuition is $85 for each 2-week cycle of classes.

The Location

The Workshop is conveniently located at 3026B Nebraska Avenue in Santa Monica, just 2 blocks west of Centinela Avenue, and just off of Olympic Boulevard. There is ample free parking.

Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop

3026B Nebraska Avenue

Los Angeles, Ca. 90404

(310) 382-7338

Filmactorsworkshop95@gmail.com