title: Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
author:  Judith Weston 
description: This is essential reading for anyone interested in directing or acting. Judith Weston's brilliance is to recognize that directors, actors, writers, and technicians are involved in a process that is at essence a collaboration. In order for them to have the best shot at creating something true and meaningful, they must share a language and a method of exchange that fosters creative cooperation. Weston rightly sees the director as the central figure in inspiring the energy of a production's harmony. She advises the prospective director on every aspect of a stage or film production, showing how the director can draw the best performances possible from actors.
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  DIRECTING
  
  
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  ACTORS
  
  
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  CREATING MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES  
  FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  JUDITH WESTON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Cover Design: Art Hotel, Los Angeles  
  Book Layout: CopyWrite Media Design  
  Editor: Bernice Balfour
  
  
  
  
  
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  Printed by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc., Saline, Michigan  
  Manufactured in the United States of America
  
  
  © 1996 Judith Weston
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by
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  inclusion of brief quotations in a review.
  
  
  Note: The information presented in this book is for education purposes only.
  The authors are not giving business or