FALL WORKSHOPS 2008

ACADEMY OF CINEMA
Athens, Greece
www. Academyofcinema.com

The Academy Of Cinema in cooperation with the Arhi School of Drama and the University of Indianapolis is pleased to announce a series of free lectures and writing workshops with Chris Canaan, a leading Hollywood screenwriter, who has written twenty three produced feature films and movies for television and who has also won an Emmy Award.

Last September, Mr. Canaan held a writing workshop on the island of Skopelos, where “Mamma Mia,” was being filmed. For more information please visit the website: www.Academyofcinema.com. This site includes a Greek news article on the workshop and Mr. Canaan’s resume.

The free lecture will be held at the University of Indianapolis’ Cultural Center, 5 Markou Avriliou Str., Plaka, on Saturday September 27, 2008 at 20:00. The subject is the creative process entitled,  “THE CREATIVE SPIRIT,  Storytelling: The Heart Of The Art.”

The second free lecture is entitled, “THE CREATIVE SPIRIT,” and it will be held at the Booza Cooperative Theatre, 57 Kolokotroni Str. Monsatiraki, on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 21:00. Three subjects that will be covered in the lecture, “The Heart Of The Art ,” and  “From Acting to Writing” also “Using The Chekhov Method of Acting for Theatre & Film.”

WORKSHOPS

A five day writing workshop will begin on Monday, September 29 to Friday, October 3, 2008 starting at 17:30 to 20:30. The location of the workshop is at the University of Indianapolis’ Cultural Center, 5 Markou Avriliou Str., Plaka. The workshop will explore the creative process through writing, it is entitled, “THE CREATIVE SPIRIT,” “Storytelling: The Heart Of The Art.” The tuition for fifteen hours is 205 euros.

The second and third workshops will he held at two drama schools. This workshop, “Understanding Script From An Actor’s Prospective,” is an expansion of the course given on Skopelos last September. Actors will work together developing a short screenplay and will act in certain scenes.

Workshop Location/Date: Arhi School of Drama, Michaei Voula #13, Athens starts on Monday, September 29 to Friday, October 3, 2008. Every day at noon to 15:30 & Friday until 16:00


Workshop Location/Date:
Theatro Enastron, Thelegianni # 19
Starts on Monday, October 6 to
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Every day at noon to 19:00

The fourth workshop for writers and actors is entitled, “The Creative Spirit” and combines two subjects, “The Heart Of The Art ,” and  “From Acting to Writing.”  This three day workshop will explore the creative process for those who want to write - a personal story, novel, short story or a screenplay. The workshop will begin on Monday, October 13 to Wednesday, October 15, 2008, and be held at the Booza Cooperative Theatre, 57 Kolokotroni Str. Monsatiraki. Every day at noon to 19:00 with a one hour break.
 
The three day tuition is 180 euros for 18 hours. If space is available, students can pay a daily tuition of 75 euros.
Limited Enrollment

To register for any workshop, please contact us at aocworkshops@aol.com
All Workshops Are Conducted in English


CHRISTOPHER CANAAN

CHRISTOPHER CANAAN, actor turned writer, won an Emmy with Michael Mann for the mini-series,“Camerena: Drug Wars.”
 
He has written twenty-three features, movies for television  and mini-series for CBS, NBC, ABC, The Family Channel, Fox,  USA, Show Time, Hallmark and Starz Encore, including “Cries Unheard,” with Hillary Swank, “Robinson Crusoe,” starring Pierce Brosnan, and Dashiell Hammett’s The House On Turk Street,” starring Samuel L. Jackson. Additionally, he has scribed “Gabriel’s Fire,” starring James Earl Jones, and was co-creator of the CBS series, “Walker Texas Ranger.” His screen adaptations include the works of Elmore Leonard, Ann Rice and Robert Ludlum.

Canaan holds an MFA in Acting  from The University of California San Diego, where he developed workshops based on the Dr. Claude Steiner’s book, “Scripts People Live.” He has performed in regional theater at the Old Globe Theater, the Los Angeles Music Center and the professional repertory companies at Tulane University in New Orleans, Dartmouth College, and Tufts University. In New York, Canaan studied acting with Stella Adler and Nikos Psacharopoulos.

For the last several years, Canaan has taught screenwriting for the Writers Program at UCLA Extension and lectured at various universities, including University of California, Berkeley and California Lutheran University.
 
Canaan is a member of the faculty at the Academy of Cinema, at the Karamanos Studio in Athens, Greece.  

Lifetime Network recently completed principal photography for his current film, “Little Girl Lost.”