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Ralph Kinnard (born Ralf Graessner, in Germany) is an American film director and acting coach. He has won “Best Director” at the L.A.
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and “Best Foreign Film”, NYC Downtown Film Festival, participated in Marche du Film del
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“As you like it” (''A MÍ ME GUSTA''). The feature was also part of the official selection of the Calcutta Film Festival 2009, the Mérida Film Festival ( Mérida, Venezuela) 2009, the Havana Film Festival 2009 and the Margarita Film Festival 2009. He received the “ MARA DE ORO” for best movie director in 2009.


Biography

Born in
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, he studied at the Andy Geer theater school in
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at age 19. He then joined the
Philippe Gaulier Philippe Gaulier (born in Paris, 4 March 1943) is a French master clown, pedagogue, and professor of theatre. He is the founder of École Philippe Gaulier, a prestigious French theatre school in Étampes, outside Paris. He studied under Jacques Lec ...
Performing Arts Institute in London; and he continued his studies in the
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, ...
, where he graduated in Acting and Directing. In 1996 he took filming courses in the
New York University Film School The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the ar ...
New York University. In 1995 he directed The Chorus Girl and The Donahue Sisters in the
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Theater in New York. He worked as Director’s Assistant in plays like ''In Search of Strindberg'' at the Actors Studios, (NY 1995), Flushed for Akika Productions, (NYC 1996) and As she walked through the fair, with the
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London (NYC 1996). He also had the opportunity of being
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in
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's ''CELEBRITY'' (1998). He has directed short films such as: Brotherlove, (New York 1996); Slipped, (New York 1997) and Oda a la mujer (Caracas 2000). He was director’s assistant in Transgressions, for the
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/ New York, and for the
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film ''Sausages'' for Columbia Tris-Star (New York 1997); he also directed plays like ''Buscando a Strindberg'', (Teatro Doris Wells, Caracas 2000) and in
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interactivo (Teatro Doris Wells, Caracas 2001). In 2007 he worked as director in the
short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
''Ausente'' (Caracas), which was selected to participate in th
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Kinnard has worked as an acting professor, lecturer and acting advisor for over 10 years working in every major TV channel in
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. In 2008, he directed his first feature ''A Mí Me Gusta'

that entered the official selection of th
Kalkota Film Festival


Filmography

* 2006 ''Francisco de Miranda'' - Pitt * 2008 ''A Mi Me Gusta'' - Director. * 2017 '' Miami Love Affair'' - Benedict. Also as director, writer, executive producer.


Personal life

Kinnard's wife is
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, a Venezuelan actress


References


External links

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Ralph Kinnard at filmaffinity.com
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