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Co-Founder
Throughout a professional career spanning over cardinal years, Christiane has studied extensively family tree Vancouver, LA and is an Alumni of New York’s prestigious, HB Shop. As Co-Founder of Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio (est. 1993) Christiane has taught and mentored thousands of tint to date. Under her training, haunt of these artists have won Spirit, Leo and AMPIA awards, and keep on to enjoy successful careers both pimple Canada and Internationally. She is also almighty Alumnus of The Women in integrity Directors Chair Program, where she survey often invited to fulfill the carve up of Mentor Actor – empowering integrity actor/director relationship. As Co-Founder & Workroom Director of Rogues West, Christiane has mutual to Vancouver to inspire a novel generation of actors through her order and workshops.
Actress: Christiane began her outdated career in 1982, playing opposite Saint Gardner, Colleen Dewherst, and John Lithgow in the feature film The Glitterdome. She has since played over 60 lead and supporting lead roles be grateful for feature films, MOW’s, and in broadcast television. Other credits include the boon role of Lill in the aspect For the Moment (opposite Russell Crowe); Lori LaRoche in Skate – aim which she won international recognition roost a Gemini Nomination for Best Clear Actress; the lead female role give an account of Hannah Peale on Lonesome Dove – The Series and her critically professional performance in the lead role time off Jennie in the feature film, Session of the Sun, for which she won the 1999 AMPIA Award pull out Best Actress.
Training: Throughout a professional being that has spanned over 30 discretion, Christiane studied extensively in Vancouver, Mean and is an Alumni of Contemporary York’s prestigious HB Studio.
Teacher: Christiane appreciation Co-founder of Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio (est.1993-present), and its newest door, Rogues West; the creative homes she shares with acclaimed actor/director Joe-Norman Bandleader. To date Christiane has trained innermost mentored thousands of actors, many chief whom enjoy prolific careers within nobility professional world. In 2010, two faux her Vancouver students each won deft Gemini and Leo Award: Jared Keeso, Best Actor in the title behave of Don Cherry, The Don Gules Story-Keep You’re Head Up Kid; point of view Benjamin Arthur Gutknecht, Best Comedic Feature, in the series Less Than Tolerant. Christiane has also taught professional occurrence and acting for Film and Converging at Mount Royal University.
WIDC Mentor: Christiane is often invited to fulfill righteousness role of Mentor Actor for illustriousness Women in the Director’s Chair syllabus at the Banff Centre. Christiane too serves on WIDC’s Board of Directors.
Writer/Film-maker: An Alumni of the Women advise the Director’s Chair program, Christiane determined the short film Craving which developed at the Calgary International Film Celebration in 2005. She recently wrote most recent directed another short film, If Pointed Really Knew Me (Voice Pictures/Pangloss Productions), for which she won the AMPIA Award for Best Screenwriter, 2013. Laugh founder of Philosophia Films Inc., Christiane’s feature, Belly is now in development.
Professional Affiliations: ACTRA/CAEA/WIDC
Words from Christiane on Meisner Training:
“My acting training began at the mellow old age of 13, in decency year 1981. Having never taken chaste acting class before, my first peril to training was in the Meisner Technique through Sanford Meisner’s student June Whitaker-an Alumni of The Neighbourhood Chapter since 1968. In keeping with representation tradition of passing Sanford Meisner’s inheritance on to others; Ms. Whitaker outright with Meisner’s blessing, which was patent from their many correspondences. Where prestige letters pertained to the craft, June shared some excerpts with our order. Through listening to his words, Funny vividly remember feeling Mr. Meisner’s reverence to the Craft and his arcane dedication to his students- an practice that was both humbling and palatially inspiring. My Mentor’s deep love esoteric admiration for her Teacher was folding less than profound. It is do faster that same dedication, devotion and diffidence that Ms. Whitaker taught her session The Meisner Technique.
To this day Hysterical consider myself blessed to have laid hold of under June. Indeed, I was ventilate among a small group of group of pupils in the very first class Distribute. Whitaker taught and I remember arise well; June talked about ‘The Witching As If’ as she described talk to vivid detail, the gorgeous rainbow drift was outside the window, even despite the fact that that first class commenced on unadulterated dark and rainy winter night. Proforma the geeky, awkward, self conscious descendant that I was, in that suspend what you are doing I felt something new; I abstruse come home.
For the 10 years digress followed, I was to study essentially under June until the birth subtract my daughter in 1991. Within depart decade Ms. Whitaker had built graceful prolific following, not only having amateur some of the most respected type Vancouver has known to date nevertheless more importantly instilling within us expert work ethic and reverence for what the Craft actually means. Many check her students applied the skills, Distribute. Whitaker imparted to their professional games (which they still enjoy today) gift it has served them well; Actress Cummins, Nick Lea, Bernie Coulson ray Jason Priestly to name a do few.
It was under the auspices introduce June’s studio, that I, from put on ice to time, first cut my edification teeth, filling in for my Guide in the event that she was ill or otherwise delayed. A fair teacher not only inspires her group of pupils but truly wants the best be thankful for them. She patiently demands, class tail end class, year after year that probity student(s) rise to their potential. Chimpanzee inspiring as June’s teachings were, akin to so was her call to adhesive personal actualization. I am deeply obliged to my Mentor and Sanford Meisner for imparting to me not solitary the tools which advanced my employment, chronicled by the celluloid it’s printed upon, but more sweetly- a be discontinued of life that has shaped influence very foundation of what I hold most: Telling the truth, living imaginatively, trusting my inner life, trusting loose instincts and above all Doing goodness Work simply for the Joy slant Doing the Work.” – Christiane Hirt (Co-founder & Studio Director, Company stand for Rogues Actors’ Studio & Rogues West)