Zoom: FILM INTENSIVE with Tribeca Film Director Tom O'Brien

Monday, November 4, 2024, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Here's your chance to work with this bi-coastal independent filmmaker, writer and producer.

Tom's first feature Fairhaven starred Chris Messina (Mindy Project, Sharp Objects) and Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) and was a critic's pick in the New York Times. Tom's second feature Manhattan Romance starred Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts, Inherent Vice), Gabby Hoffmann (Transparent, C'mon C'mon) and Caitlin Fitzgerald (Succession, Masters Of Sex) and streamed on Netflix worldwide. Tom's TV series OM City was a Critic's TV pick in the New York Times.

He is currently working on several new projects that have yet to been cast, including an independent feature with his longtime friend and collaborator actor Chris Messina that is set to shoot in Long Island.

EVENT OVERVIEW:

For the intensive, you'll start off with a Q&A, and then Tom will begin working with you with a reader, on-camera, in a group format. Be prepared for feedback and adjustments as Tom will coach and critique your work, tweak your material and share invaluable information.

Tom will select sides based on your HS/resume submission which you will be emailed and prepare in advance.

Along with being an actor/filmmaker, Tom is also a teacher and acting coach and gives honest, practical feedback in a supportive way. He keeps extensive casting files not only for his many upcoming projects but he has called in many of the actors he has met in his intensives to help develop new work.

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WHAT TO PREPARE:

For this virtual intensive, Tom will select sides for you to prepare based on your headshot and fully completed MY INFO section in your AC account. 

Assignments will be emailed at least 24 hours in advance. 

PLEASE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES LISTED BELOW:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• The room will be open 30 minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Please arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event begins as your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by one hour before the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Our online office hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday

If you have an emergency for a class you are participating in outside of these hours, please email help@actorsconnection.com and your host will be able to respond.

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

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Tom O'Brien

Tom O'Brien is a bi-coastal independent filmmaker as well as a writer and producer.

Tom's first feature Fairhaven starred Chris Messina (Mindy Project, Sharp Objects) and Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) and was a critic's pick in the New York Times. Tom's second feature starred Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts, Inherent Vice), Gabby Hoffmann (Transparent, C'mon C'mon) and Caitlin Fitzgerald (Succession, Masters Of Sex) and streamed on Netflix worldwide.

Tom's TV series OM City was a Critic's TV pick in the New York Times. He is currently working on several new projects that have yet to been cast, including an independent feature with his longtime friend and collaborator actor Chris Messina that is set to shoot in Long Island.  Tom is also a teacher and private acting coach.

Tom loves meeting new actors. His seminars are a collaborative experience between actor and director and he works in his seminars exactly how he works on his sets.