BIOGRAPHY PHILOSOPHY Class Descriptions SESSIONS ENSEMBLE FILM GROUP SHORTS TESTIMONIALS CONTACT | Professionals who have studied with Miriam Laurence during the past 25 years are doing extremely well as actors, directors, teachers, screenwriters, and hosts: James Allodi, Semi Chellas, Raven Dauda, Carlos Diaz, Robin Dunne, Agi Gallus, Samantha Gutstadt, Martha Ferguson, Joris Jarsky, Moshana Halbert, Jacqueline McClintock, Trent McMullen, Leah Miller, Michelle Nolden, Philip Nozuka, Deborah Odell, Liisa Repo-Martell, Vladimir Radian, Alex Rice, Joseph Scoren, Jessica Steen, Brandi Ward, Chandra West, Liz West, Rochelle Wilson, Richard Zeppieri, Tatiana Maslany, Warren Chow ... all studied with Miriam - some during their early years of training, some after they had achieved professional status. Miriam's time on television and film sets, coaching for many productions with actors such as Christina Cole, Denis O'Hare, Alfre Woodard, Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Wayne Robson, Cliff Saunders, Tom Barnett, Mimi Rogers, Gena Rowlands, Sonja Smits and Tia Carrere, has added to her ability to communicate with actors.
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MIRIAM LAURENCE ~ M.A., M.F.A. Voice/Dialect/Dialogue Coach Film & Television Cosmopolis The Darkest Hour Rookie Blue, "Hearts and Sparks" XIII: The Series, "The Bank Job" The Suzuki Diaries Maggie Hill Project X (television series) Angela's Eyes Beautiful People Covert One: The Hades Factor Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis The Pacifier Resident Evil: Apocalypse The Eleventh Hour
A Separate Peace Charms for the Easy Life Beauty & Power Breakfast with Dick and Dorothy Annus Horribilus Daydream Believers Relic Hunter Harlan County Relic Hunter Change of Heart I'll Never Get to Heaven Alex: The Life of a Child Billy Madison Fast Track Street Legal Role Dialect Coach for George Touliatos English coach for Yuriy Kotsenko Dialect Coach for Christine Horne Language Coach for Stuart Townsend Host coach for Sarika Suzuki Dialect Coach Christina Cole & 'The Wire's' Gbenga Akinnagbe Acting Coach for hosts On-set Acting Coach for lead actors Dialect Coach Languages & Dialect Coach Personal Acting Coach for Alex Rice Language Coach for Vin Deisel & Language/Dialect Coach for Carol Kane Dialect Coach for Sienna Guillory, Thomas Kretchmann & Sophie LeVasseur Languages & Dialect Coach
Acting & Dialect Coach for lead actors Cast Dialect Coach Dialect Coach (Canadian accent reduction) with John Ralston Accent Reduction for lead actress Individual Dialect Coaching for 4 leads Individual Dialect Coaching for 4 leads Dialect Coaching for over fifteen actors Dialect Coaching for over fifty actors Dialect Coaching for over fifteen actors Acting Coach for child lead Acting Coach for all child actors Lead Dialect Coach (accent reduction) Acting Coach for all child leads & extras 5 episodes: Acting Coach for series regular, Guylaine Ste-Onge 20 episodes: Individual and on set coaching for various series regulars Director David Cronenberg Chris Gorak T.W. Peacocke Lee Rose Kenton Vaughan Stephen Hopkins
Various Creator: Dan McDermott Creator: Michael Rauch Mick Jackson Gil Cardinal Adam Shankman Alexander Witt Creators: Semi Chellas & Ilana Frank Peter Yates Joan Micklin Silver Susan Seidelman Eleanor Lindo Eric Stoltz Neill Fearnley D. McCutcheon Tony Bill Paolo Barzman Don Shebib Stefan Scaini Robert Markowitz Tamra Davis Creator: Gary Markowitz Creators:William Deverell & Guy Mullally Production Company Alfama Films/Prospero Pictures Regency Enterprises ABC/CanWest Global Prodigy Pictures The Nature of Things CBC Fox
CBC Bull's Eye/NBC Cliffwood CBC/Elwood Reid CBC Broadcast Disney Sony Pictures Alliance Atlantis
Showtime Showtime/Dufferin Gate Dufferin Gate/Beauty Mystery Wheel Showtime Pebblehut Monkees Firecorp VI Dufferin Gate Firecorp VI Desca Productions CBC Production ABC/Heartstar Universal Studios Screenventures CBC Production York University U.C.L.A. Bennington College Actors Studio The Lee Strasberg Institute Michael Shurtleff Madeleine Sherwood Samantha Langevin David Smukler Master of Fine Arts in Directing, 1995 Master of Arts in Theater, 1982 B.A. in Theatre & French, 1976 Working Observer, NYC & LA, 1977 - 1980 Master Class, 1976 - 1979 Scene Study Acting Techniques Scene Study Voice 2009: Madeline's Method: Recipe for the actor 2005: Rue the Day 2004: Wheel and Clay, a poem by Naomi Guttman. 2004: Les Madeleines (written by Victoria Dawe) 2002: Smokin' Joe 2000: Walkers 1999: Corridor *For more visit Shorts and Ensemble Film Group. Ms. Laurence is a member of ACTRA, CAEA, and Toronto Association of Acting Studios (TAAS). Manager: Emmerson Denney, 416-504-9666 Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest session info. Or contact Miriam Laurence directly for more information or to register for classes: miriam.laurence@gmail.com | |