International

TVI Actors Studio member and UK actor, Henry Hereford is currently appearing in a new production of Woyzeck at the Victory Theater in Burbank.
The Gangbusters Theatre Company, recently nominated for an Ovation Award for its ensemble of TRACERS, and twice nominated by the L.A. Weekly Awards for its outstanding ensemble work, is producing it for their last show of their seventh season. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 4 through December 14.

Where in the World is TVI Actors Studio Alan S Nusbaum? Depends on the day. Since this past Sunday he has gone into Canada, Vancouver for meetings with Vancouver casting directors and agents, down to the Southeast of America, speaking at Elon University in North Carolina, up to the Northeast to New York City TVI Actors Studio and then back to Los Angeles - all within 6 days!

United Kingdom native Benjie Dudgeon attended TVI Actors Studio’s Los Angeles Boot Camp in July and met the Amatruda Benson & Associates Talent Agency. So impressed with his talent, ABA is waiting for him to make the move to LA so they can begin working together. The Actor Industry Boot Camps in Los Angeles and New York are great ways to explore your potential and options for working in these markets. With sessions in October, be sure to call TVI Actors Studio today to see how you can give your career the extra push you’ve been wanting.

Just heard from a very busy New Zealand student, Ben Swann. He just fished working with Phil Keoghan (Amazing Race) on a N.Z version of the show called “No Opportunity Wasted“, where he got to travel the length of the country in sports cars. He also starred in “Out of the Dark” (George Andrews Productions) and this week he’s appearing at New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland. Is that all? No. On September 30th he’s off to L.A.

As the Global Market place embraces our daily lives, actors also benefit in many ways. TVI Alumni Martin Gruber who works both in Münich as a TV series regular on “Storm of Love” and in Los Angeles in feature films just received a very special award in Nola, southern Italy for best foreign soap character, along with his cast-mate Susan Hoecke. (pictured recently in Münich with TVI’s Alan S Nusbaum)

The very successful Bavaria Film Produktion “Sturm der Liebe” (Storm of Love - 28% market share average) knows no geographical boundaries - having been sold to more than 20 different countries ( Greece, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Canada……) it´s story of success keeps going and going. ( Storm of Love) “Tempesta d amore” has been a huge prime time success in Italy for the past two and a half years.

Martin Gruber and Susan Hoecke, the leads of the show, just revieved the “Premio Napoli Cultural Classic“ award in Nola, southern Italy, for best foreign soap characters. Matteo Garrone, the director of “Gomorra” , the Cannes Film Festival winner 2008, also received the “Premio Napoli Cultural Classic“.

Martin Gruber is represented in Los Angeles by talent agent Joel Klienman of Baier-Kleinman International (BKI)

Many actors from around the country and the world have experienced TVI Actors Studio’s renowned National Actor Intensive: The 5 Day Industry Boot Camp. This program spans 5 days and introduces actors to more than 20 top industry professionals (agents, casting directors, producers, directors) in either New York or Los Angeles, depending on which location they are interested in. The good news is that our October sessions run back to back, one week in New York and the next in Los Angeles. So, many actors take advantage of their vacation time and attend both. Pictured here are two of our International Students (Geert Hoes of The Netherlands and Bjorn Steinbach of South Africa) who had some great success making many contacts through the 5 Day Industry Boot Camp to help their transition to working in New York and Los Angeles very achievable.

German actress Inez Björg David is currently filming the feature film “Männerherzen” (Hearts of Men). The cast notables include German actors Christian Ulmen, Til Schweiger, Nadja Uhl, and Jana Pallaske, directed by Simon Verhoeven. In September Inez will be in Sweden shooting, “Liebe in Eriksberg” (Love in Eriksberg), a movie for the German Television Channel ZDF. The director is John  Delbridge. I first met Inez last year in Munich at Bavaria Film Studios with Alan Nusbaum and Casting Director Zora DeHorter, while presenting the seminar and workshop, “Auditioning in America.” Inez was also a student in the TVI Actors Studio London Program in 2007.

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AUSSIE ACTORS AT TVI SYDNEY EVENT

Over 300 Sydney based actors attended an evening event presented by TVI Actors Studio in Australia two weeks ago. “The Hollywood Casting Forum” gave Australian Actors the opportunity to listen and ask questions to Los Angeles Casting Directors, Christy Dooley and Nick Anderson.

The TVI Actors Studio event, held at the University of Sydney is an on-going event that assists Australian actors with offering knowledge in the workings of the American entertainment industry and how it pertains to aspiring and professional Aussie actors.

TVI’s New York based Kerry Watterson and TVI’s Los Angeles based Tasha Copper were on hand as Alan S Nusbaum, founder of TVI Actors Studio moderated the event.

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Late last month, Los Angeles casting directors Christy Dooley, Head of Casting of “The Bold and the Beautiful” and Nick Anderson, who has worked in casting at numerous prominent Los Angeles casting offices were guest speakers at “TVI Actors Studio Down Under Tour” .
The event was held at UNITEC, one of the two notable acting schools in New Zealand. Twenty four of New Zealand’s top actors were in the workshop, while an audience of eighty Auckland actors audited the workshop and were able to be part of the question and answer towards the end of the session.
The event, held on a recent Saturday, was run while the one of the worst cyclones hit the North Island of New Zealand during the acting workshop.

The New Zealand Herald reported,

“A major storm in the Coral Sea off Australia’s northeast coast is beginning to develop and is heading directly towards New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland.
I’m becoming increasingly confident that a major sub-tropical cyclone will affect much of the North Island starting early on Saturday. While the path of this weekend’s storm still isn’t 100% clear its development certainly is. There’s talk on the two main NZ weather forums (www.nzweather.net and weatherforum.org.nz ) that the air pressure could drop to record levels for northern New Zealand/Auckland.”

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