Jack Waltzer
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Jack Waltzer (born June 6, 1926)[1] is an American acting coach and actor.
Biography
[edit]Waltzer is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and studied with acting teachers such as Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, and Uta Hagen.[2]
He has taught acting classes in North America and Europe, including in Paris.[3] His students have included Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver,[4] and Sharon Stone.[5]
In a Los Angeles Times article, Weaver credited "her newfound range with a process that began after Roman Polanski introduced her to uber-acting coach Jack Waltzer in Paris in 1993."[6]
Dustin Hoffman personally called Waltzer to request shooting his acting class for a scene in the film Tootsie.[7]
Documentary
[edit]The 2011 documentary Jack Waltzer: On the Craft of Acting, directed by Antoine Levannier, Christophe Dimitri Réveille, Joëlle Séchaud, and Juan Diego Solanas, pays tribute to Waltzer and his teaching and includes interviews with actors such as James Caan, Jon Voight, Elsa Zylberstein, Tomer Sisley.[8]
The film was broadcast on French television under the title Jack Waltzer un des grands maitres américains de l'art dramatique.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "About Jack Waltzer". Jack Waltzer dot com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "American Film Acting : La Masterclass de Jack Waltzer" (in French). Sens Critique. January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Fritz, Ben (June 22, 2003). "Coaches on Euro role". Variety.
- ↑ Bernard, Jami (March 18, 2001). "A Career of Living Dangerously". New York Daily News.
- ↑ "Conduite accompagnée avec Tomer Sisley and Jack Waltzer" (in French). France Inter. July 6, 2006.
- ↑ "Sigourney Weaver has the chance to show a broader more heartfelt acting range". Los Angeles Times. January 10, 2000.
- ↑ "Dustin Hoffman on acting and adding an extra scene in Tootsie". 24 April 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Jack Waltzer: On the Craft of Acting". FilmAffinity. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ↑ Rothman, Cliff (January 5, 2015). "Jack Waltzer un des grands maitres américains de l'art dramatique". Le Figaro. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Jack Waltzer at IMDb
- Jack Waltzer Official Website Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
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