Directing Through Trust
PARIS, FRANCE - June 2-6, 2026
Become the director that inspires world-class performances in your actors… bringing the script fully to life and leaving the audience transfixed.
The best directors don’t force performances. They don’t dictate. They don’t “result direct”. They are in a process with the actors that produces genuinely honest and impactful moments…that are captured onscreen.
Moments that surprise and move everyone on set—and live on throughout space and time in your film.
Learn the directing methodology that ignites those magical moments—raw, unplanned, drawn from an actor’s deepest impulses.
Directors I work with love learning this process because their work stops being about effort.
Something sparks to life—between you (the director), the actor, and the story— and a genuinely creative process unfolds.
Your process is truly exciting—alive, dynamic, transporting..
The camera will capture it. The audience will feel it. And it’s born in the way you work moment-to-moment onset with your actors.
In the Directing Through Trust Workshop you will learn exactly how to work this way—throughout your present and future film projects.
The key to directing actors is to enter the story with them.
You hold the vision.
You light the path.
They take the leap.
Together, you uncover what’s hidden—the truth beneath the text, the gold in the shadow.
Within the workshop you will master:
A reliable process to prepare for breakthrough rehearsals and shoots with actors.
A precise, repeatable approach to directing actors through collaboration—not control.
How to recognize when a moment is truly working—then deepening it.
How to guide actors from effort into inspired behavior, from over-thinking into action… so they can lose themselves in the role.
How to run rehearsals that are both focused and creatively alive.
The key to building real trust with actors—so they take risks and do their strongest work.
THE IMMERSION SCHEDULE
Day 1 — Creating Trust with Actors
How to engage effectively with actors from start to finish.
Safety and structure as the hallmark of creative freedom.
Understanding the actor’s mind.
Becoming the director every actor wants to work with.
Day 2 — The Power of Dramatic Structure
Clear dramatic structure is the most important thing as a director, it gives actors a framework that keeps them in the heart of the story.
Become the confident leader the whole set responds to.
Set the stage for everyone to do their best, most exciting work.
Day 3 — The Main Event
Identify the Main Event within the script. This is the driving force of your creative vision.
Translate the Main Event into specific, playable beats your actors can sink their teeth into.
Ensure everyone stays true to your vision.
Day 4 — Freeing the Truth
Learn how to use improvisation as a tool for more exciting performances.
Shift actors out of effort—into real, lived moments that are captured on film.
Make your set fertile ground for spontaneous, truthful performances.
These techniques are what will make your films live on throughout time.
Day 5 — Deepening Your Craft
The actors will only go as deep as you go.
Learn how to identify your own inner blocks, and how to move through them for the good of your project.
Use your own inner life, and personal challenges as points of insight and breakthrough.
If you can go there—your actors will.
Become the director that inspires groundbreaking work.