Alan Nurthen has what it takes to teach because he has been in show business for a long time. He has worked as an actor, producer, writer and director. In his youth, he was also a surfboard maker for 9 years, travelling the world and gaining valuable life experience.
After a successful film production stint, he now wants to return to doing what he finds most satisfying and fulfilling: training actors. When he closed his school, the Dee Why Film and Television Acting Academy in 1996, he focused on his video and film productions with his company Aeon Independent Film and Television Productions.
Alan’s new school, the Screen Actors Workshop, is the perfect creative outlet for his skills
“The film-making, along with my experience as a film and television actor, has given me a lot of new skills and I figure these classes are a good way to pass it on to my students,” Nurthen said.
“There really is a dearth of on-camera teachers in Sydney as theatre training is over catered for. It is a very specialised area and you have to be dedicated to teaching the craft rather than chasing the big bucks as an actor. You really need a wide variety of skills. You need to be able to relate to a wide range of people obviously, and you need a fairly warped sense of humour. You have to have knowledge in the craft of acting itself. You have to have production skills. You have to be a teacher, director, producer, and you have to be a shoulder to cry on. But to have all of these skills together took me years and years of experience”, he concluded.
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