About Screenwise
Screenwise was established to provide specialist, career-focused training in acting for film & television by employing the crème de la crème of industry professionals - award-winning actors, directors & casting consultants who are articulate and inspirational teachers.
Overseen by Denise Roberts (Packed To The Rafters, Blood Brothers, Always Greener, GP...) the teaching staff includes actors of the calibre of Kieran Darcy Smith, Terry Serio, Philip Holder, Di Smith, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Kristian Schmid, Susan Prior, Rhondda Findleton, Henry Nixon, Malcolm Frawley, Anthony Wong, Gary Sweet and Colin Friels, with prominent reputable directors which include Peter Andrikidis, David Caesar, Dean Francis, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Tony Tilse, Stephen Wallace, Darren Ashton, Phillip Middleton, Campbell Graham and Chris Martin Jones who are currently employed in film or television; as well as selected Casting Consultants such as Leigh Pickford and Marianne Jade (Packed To The Rafters, Crownies), Tim Littleton (Rescue Special Ops) and Dave Newman (Terra Nova, The Pacific).
It is due to these tutors, their Industry expertise, authority, and the fact that Screenwise Students are exposed to them intimately on a regular basis providing rare networking opportunities, that Screenwise has become Australia's leading film and television school for actors.
Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors made history when it became a Government Accredited Registered Training Organisation offering the very first 2 Year Diploma in Screen Acting.
Established only 11 years ago, Screenwise - the leading acting school Sydney - was the first to recognise the need for a drama school specifically designed to teach the art of screen acting offering current working industry professional actors and directors as it's tutors.
Film & Television is not only the actors bread and butter to sustain them through the hard times, it has become the actors main source of work in a very difficult and demanding profession. Eleven years ago if you weren't a 'theatre actor' you weren't really considered an actor. Well folks, the worm has turned and things have changed immensely since then. Nowadays if you don't have a film or television profile, you can't get a job in theatre. Even theatre producers now recognise the importance of an actor having a film or television profile. Actors with a profile put bums on seats. That's just good showbusiness.
Screenwise is leading the Sydney Acting Schools in both performance and program content and will continue to be at the forefront of acting education offering the very best the industry has to offer.
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