Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute

The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is a school for the performing arts located at 115 East 15th Street in New York City, and at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, that is dedicated to teaching the techniques of method acting developed by Lee Strasberg. [Lee Strasberg]

The Institute was founded in 1969 by Strasberg, teacher and artistic director at the famed Actors Studio. With a reputation for being very rigorous and holding high standards for its students, the Strasberg Institute is one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world. It also has a special program with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where students can study in an 8 credit program. [ [http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/SATStras.html Lee Strasberg: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU] ] The institute is currently under the artistic direction of Anna Strasberg [ [http://www.newyork-strasberg.com/lee.html A Timeline of Lee] ] .

Numerous students of the Strasberg Institute have gone on to distinguished careers throughout the entertainment industry, receiving nominations for Tonys, Oscars and Emmys.

Notable alumni

*Will Arnett [ [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a1005/index-2.html ] ]
*Alicja Bachleda
*Loo Brealey [ [http://www.pfd.co.uk/actors Actors ] ]
*Steve Buscemi [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/bio IMDB bio] ]
*Tatjana Blacher
*Bobby Cannavale
*Jonathan Chase
*Barney Cheng
*Jill Clayburgh
*Kevin Corrigan
*Claire Danes
*Rosario Dawson
*Robert DeNiro
*Matt Dillon
*Jennifer Esposito
*Sherilyn Fenn
*Sally Field
*Jorja Fox
*James Gandolfini
*Teri Garr
*Rebecca Gayheart
*Michael Genari
*Dennis Hopper
*Mark Humphrey
*Michael Imperioli
*Scarlett Johansson [ [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/scarlett_johansson_biog.html Scarlett Johansson biography] ]
*Angelina Jolie [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/bio IMDB bio] ]
*Ranbir Kapoor [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranbir_Kapoor] ]
*Harvey Keitel
*John Leguizamo
*Ray Liotta
*Sienna Miller
*Catalina Sandino Moreno
*Kathy Najimy
*Kelli O'Hara
*Adrian Pasdar
*Linh Dan Pham
*Franka Potente
*Julia Roberts
*Ray Romano
*Alejandra Barros
*Ritesh Deshmukh
*Mickey Rourke
*Adam Sandler
*Davy Sardou
*Mirko Savone
*Sissy Spacek
*James Spader
*Brooklyn Sudano
*Marlo Thomas
*Uma Thurman
*Shenaz Treasurywala [cite web
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date = 2002-04-28
publisher = The Times of India]
*Kai Wong

ee also

*Lee Strasberg
*Actors Studio

References

External links

* [http://www.newyork-strasberg.com/index.html Official website, New York Location]
* [http://www.strasberg.com/ Official Site for both locations]