Michelle Danner is an American

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at the Los Angeles Acting School who specializes in the Meisner, Strasberg, Adler, Hagen,

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and Stanislavsky techniques. She is also the founding and artistic director of the Edgemar Center for the Arts. Danner is the daughter of a former

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agent, and she currently works as an actor, director and acting coach.

Career

In 2006, Danner made her film directing debut with, ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens'', winning the LA Film Awards' Best Acting and Best Movie awards. Michelle Danner’s 2013 film ''

Hello Herman ''Hello, Herman'' is a 2012 American drama film directed by Michelle Danner, written by John Buffalo Mailer, and starring Norman Reedus, Garrett Backstrom, Rob Estes and Martha Higareda. It premiered at the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Festival ...

'' catalogs the effect that peer abuse, parental neglect and the general coarsening of society has on a typical high school student. A

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review found that Danner's anti-bullying agenda freighted the movie. Danner has acted in and directed over thirty plays in Los Angeles and New York, with her favorite acting credit cited as the Dramalogue award-winning Tennessee Williams'

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. At Edgemar, Danner produced ''The Night of the Black Cat'', winner of the 2005 Best Musical of the Year at the Los Angeles Music Awards. She directed the world premiere of ''Mental the Musical'', winner of several 17th Annual TicketHolder awards for acting and musical score. Last year she wrote and directed ''You're on the Air'', an improvisation-based comedy which is currently under development to become a movie. She produced and acted in the award-winning short ''Dos Corazones'', directed by Larry Moss, which won Best Cinematography and Audience Favorite at the

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. She was the acting coach expert on comedy on the WB show "

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". She was voted favorite acting coach by ''Backstage'' readers. Once a year Danner directs for the industry at the multimedia event Scene Bites. She was featured coaching

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on ''

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'' in July 2009. Danner, alongside Larry Moss, is the founder and Artistic Director of Edgemar Center for the Arts and The Edgemar Theatre Group. She raised $1.3 million in a Capital campaign which went to the construction of the two theatres and the art gallery. Her production company All In Films is in development for several film projects: ''You're on the Air, Starstruck'' ''and The Italians.'' In 2020, Danner reunited with

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for the horror film, '' Bad Impulse'' premiering at the

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as part of the Golden State Film Festival. The film also starred

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, and

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. In 2022, Danner directed Anne Archer in ''Ticket to the Circus'', a one-woman play about the life of

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. The play will be streamed virtually in 2023. Danner followed up ''Ticket to the Circus'' by producing and directing Miranda's Victim, an American biographical crime drama that depicts the origin of the ''Miranda'' warning. The film will star

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, Luke Wilson,

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and

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, Brent Sexton,

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, and Sebastian Quinn.

Filmography

References

External links

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Michelle Danner Acting Studio
Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Danner, Michelle American actresses American acting coaches American film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)