Acting with Amir K.

Various Drama Schools and Universities-see description

ACTING AND DIRECTING EXPERIENCE BRITISH ACTORS’ EQUITY/SAG/AFTRA Superstore- Sayid (Recurring Guest Star), NBC Dead to Me- OBGYN, NETFLIX Shameless-Rami, SHOWTIME Gray’s Anatomy-Dr. Safavi, ABC Spree-Davit, NETFLIX NCIS-Professor Najjar (Guest Star), CBS Forever-Dr. Mohammed, AMAZON Mom- Leo (Guest Star), CBS Curb Your Enthusiasm- Mufti, HBO Silicon Valley-CEO, HBO Scorpion- Dr. Sanjay Patel (Recurring), CBS Colony- Elderly British man (Co Star), USA NETWORK Cooper Barrett’s- Distinguished man (So Star), FOX TELEVISION Night at the Museum 3- Egyptian Worker (Supporting), 20TH CEN. FOX Anne & Jake- Professor Laplin (Guest Star), LOVE DOG PROD. Obituaries- Dr. Raja, RYAN MOODY NCIS Los Angeles- Yusuf Khan (Guest Star), CBS Scandal- Turkish Prime Minister, ABC Stepping High- Farid Sadri (Lead), HARMONY GOLD When the Lies Run Out- Rashid Badoun, LONDON WEEKEND TV Hostages- Ambassador Ghassemmi, GRANADA/HBO Civvies- Salah Al Gharib, BBC Breath of Life- Arash (Lead), CHANNEL 4 UK Bullseye- Iranian Bidder, 21ST CENTURY PROD. Batman- Wine Steward, WARNER BROTHERS Leave to Remain- Embassy Official, CHANNEL 4 UK Capital City- Sina, THAMES TELEVISION UK Air Crash Confidential- Captain Arusian, DISCOVERY CHANNEL Franz Fanon- Male Nurse, NORMAL FILMS Music Video, commercial and voice over experience includes work for Starbird Productions, Dispatches, Channel 4 UK, American Express, Comet, Red Label Tea, I.C.I, Credit National Bank, DDI Productions, TFX3 CD ROM Flight Simulation Game, Barclays Bank Commercial, Air Crash Confidential for UK Discovery Channel. Stage work includes Hassan in UK premiere of Big Time at the Gate Theatre, London, directed by Toby Reisz, Moradi in Café Nostalgia at the Polish Theatre and tour. Orgon in Tartuffe, Peter in The Zoo Story, Angelo in Measure For Measure, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Vladimir in Waiting for Godo, Hickey in The Iceman Cometh,.Don in American Buffalo, Eben in Desire Under the Elms, Buddy in Come Blow Your Horn, Don in Butterflies Are Free, Ronnie in House of Blue leaves,Clive in Five Finger Exercise. Directing work includes Homecoming, Dumb Waiter and Betrayal by Harold Pinter, A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, Vanities by Jack Heifner, Showroomby Matthew Bentley, Crystal Clear by Phil Young, The Crucible, The American Clock and After the Fall by Arthur Miller, ‘Tis Pity she’s a Whore by John Ford,Schweyke in the Second War by Berthold Brecht, Miser by Moliere, Tales from the Vienna Woods by Odon Von Horvath The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Epitaph for George Dillon by John Osborne The Rimers of Eldritch and Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson, Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard, Suddenly Last Summer, Night of the Iguana and Orpheus Desending by Tennessee Williams, Waiting for Lefty, Awake and Sing, Paradise Lost andRocket to the Moon by Cliford Odets, Hush by April De Angelis, Bloody Poetry and Belin Bertie by Howard Brenton, Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, Whale Musicby Anthony Minghella, The, Iron by Rona Munro, Skylight and My Zink Bed by David Hare, Eastern Standard by Richard Greenberg and numerous works of Shakespeare and Chekhov. Produced over 80 Public Productions at various London Theatres for Mountview (List of plays and venues are available upon request.) Languages: Fluent Persian (Farsi as spoken in Iran and Afghanistan), Basic French and German Accents and Dialects: Standard American, American South, New York and Persian and other Middle Eastern accents TEACHING AND ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE 2012-Present 2011 2003-2011 Academic Management Guest Director/Faculty – American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles Visiting Professor E 15 School of Acting – University of Essex, UK Director of Acting Programme/Associate Principal Academic Affairs (Responsible for management and delivery of MA, BA (Hons) Performance and MA Directing Courses) Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, England • Line managed 10 senior academic staff and over 50 freelance directors and tutors working within Acting, Voice, Movement, Film and Television Departments • Managed the programme through a series of successful revalidations of BA and MA Performance courses - Received 4 commendations from University of East Anglia for the most recent revalidation • Lead the Acting programme through successful reaccreditations by National Council for Drama Training as well as Trinity and OFSTED inspections - the courses were rated as Outstanding by all of the above organisations • Co-wrote MA in Directing validated by University of East Anglia • Wrote Postgraduate Diploma in Acting for recorded Media • Co-wrote MA in Classical Acting • Chaired University of East Anglia/Mountview BA and MA Exam Board • Produced (Chose the Play, cast, venue, appointed artistic team, budgeted, supervised and assessed) 15 internal productions, 4 Shakespeare touring productions and 8 full scale public productions in various London theatres per annum Administrative and Financial Management • Managed an annual teaching budget of over £1.5 million • Maintained student recruitment at financially viable levels • Supervised internal quality assurance and enhancement of standards Chaired Curriculum Development Meetings • Managed the delivery of student welfare and support • Contributed to the writing of institutional policies and procedures Management of External Links • Supervised Students’ participation in RSC workshops • Managed School’s participation in Wanamaker Festival at Shakespeare’s Globe • Supervised involvement with Carleton Hobbs Competition at BBC Radio • Developed links involving the production and editing of Films between Northern Film Schools at Leeds Metropolitan University, Mountview Academy and Royal Academy of Music Teaching and directing responsibilities • Taught Classes in Acting, Actor and Text, Scene Study, Directing, Greek Tragedy, Greek and Roman Comedy, Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wilde, Granville Barker, Coward, Epic Theatre, Beckett, Pinter, Non Naturalistic Drama, British Political Theatre, Howard Barker and American Social Realism. • Directed over 50 productions at Mountview • Managed and participated in all student assessment processes 2002/2009 Visiting Professor of Theatre History, London Program Pepperdine University, Malibu USA 1997-2003 Head of MA and Postgraduate Performance Courses Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 1995-97 Director of Projects Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Theatre History The School of the Science of Acting, London, England 1993-95 Senior Acting Tutor The Blair School, London, England Film Technique Tutor Italia Conti Academy, London, England 1990-93 Senior Acting Tutor-Acting for Film London Academy of Acting, London, England 1987-90 Acting and Text Tutor Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, England 1982-87 Theatre Arts Tutor Madeira School, Virginia USA Gunston Art Centre, Arlington Virginia USA OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2005-2010 Chair of Exam Board University of East Anglia/Mountview Board 2009 Research Major contributor SCUDD (the Standing Conference of University Drama Departments) in conjunction with PALANTINE (the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music) on Teaching Stanislavski in the UK 2008 Member of Steering Committee Trinity Guildhall, UK National Diploma and UK National Certificate in Performance 2007. 2007 Panel Judge- E4 Scholarship Competition E4 Television Programme 2008. 2008 Development Board Advisor 24 hour Plays, Old Vic Theatre 2008 External Advisor - Review Panel BA (Hons) Acting, Arts Institute Bournemouth, England 2005 Key Speaker on Diversity issues–Panel Member Raising the Bar- Theatre 2005 conference, Barbican, London 2003 Member of MA Validation Panel Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland 1990-1996 Associate Member Continental Drift Theatre Company 1992-1994 Director Production Company- Film Development Company 1990-1992 Director Film Craft Ltd- Film Development Company

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