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Advanced Screen Acting
Advanced Screen Acting
These weekly drop-in screen acting classes are for professional-level actors. If you are looking to maintain and improve your work on camera between acting jobs, then this is the place for you. This course is led by film director and acting coach Anthony Vander
Anthony Vander is an award-winning filmmaker and producer. In 2023 his was accepted as a full BAFTA member for his considerable contribution to the film industry.
Anthony's work was featured during We Are Parable and British Film Institute 'WHO WE ARE' season in July 2020 which shined a light at Black British filmmakers in the UK. His first short film ‘Hooligan’ screened at The Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival in 2012. In 2014, Anthony’s directorial debut feature film, 'Sweetboy' had its North American première at the American Black Film Festival and in 2017 aired on London Live television multiple times. Anthony's fifth short film 'Finale' played at the Bafta qualifying Aesthetica Film Festival 2021.
Entry to the group is by invitation or audition - so you can be confident that in these classes you will be working with fellow actors who will challenge and inspire you. The sessions will mirror the intensity and discipline of working on set, so you can develop the confidence and resilience needed to deliver great acting performances in front of the camera.
Actors trained at Collective have gone on to work in Hollywood films, on Broadway, for the National Theatre, in the West End and in series for Netflix, HBO, BBC, ITV and Channel 4.