THE INSTRUCTOR --
Mark L. Taylor has been a successful Hollywood actor, director and acting coach for more than 40 years, with credits that include over 100 television
appearances (from MASH to Seinfeld); film roles (Innerspace to High School Musical 2); and direction of a new highly acclaimed web series, Flip & Glib, (nominee for Outstanding Comedic Web Series by the LA Web Fest 2015).
Taylor has worked for several television networks coaching
actors on set and has been hired by agents, managers and actors to coach privately for auditions.
For film & TV credits-
FORMAT --
The seminar can be presented as a weekend intensive that meets the credit-hour requirements for a one-credit course; a formal course syllabus is available upon request. It can also be presented
in a more condensed form as a professional non-credit enrichment intensive for students.
Hollywood Speaks
“Mark Taylor is the best acting coach I have ever had. I go to Mark because he is a genius at keeping the work deeply honest.”
Annie Potts
(The Fosters, Any Day Now,
Designing Women)
" I trust Mark implicitly with the most difficult television and film roles I have auditioned for and as a direct result of working with him, I have booked."
Patrick Stafford
(CSI, Glee, Criminal Minds, Modern Family)
HOW TO
Thrive
& Survive
AUDITIONING IN HOLLYWOOD
"Before coming to Hollywood I collected an MFA, a BFA and an AA in Theatre Arts from some fine programs. To this day I am grateful for the guidance and wisdom I gained while doing so. However, I was not prepared for the Hollywood reality of being asked to audition in a small office, being filmed, no full script and very little input from a director. This course is designed to give college students a taste of all that. It is also full of tools to help an actor THRIVE & SURVIVE the audition process. No matter what your students' background, location or experience to date, students will leave the course knowing the unspoken rules and current expectations of the industry in Hollywood."
Mark L. Taylor