A new approach to screen acting. Film director Stephen Savage and Film and TV performer Conor O'Farrell have teamed up to develop a fresh approach to training actors for film and television work, as well as a comprehensive study program that includes:



  1. ✴Learning to work within the directors' vision, while making the performance YOURS.

  2. ✴Discovering how to get YOUR performance on the screen, not the editor's.

  3. ✴Continuity and Character Development.

  4. ✴Finding An Agent

  5. ✴Audition and Cold Read Training

  6. ✴Becoming a SAG actor

  7. ✴Developing The Right Acting Reel And Web Site To Get You Noticed.

  8. ✴Taking a GREAT headshot

Award winning Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Editor and Composer Stephen Savage recently finished work on four films:  “Legacy”, the psychological thriller starring Wolfgang Bodison (“A Few Good Men”, “Akeelah And The Bee”, “Joe Somebody”) Will Wallace (“The Thin Red Line”, “I Am Sam”, “Tree Of Life”), and daytime drama star Kyrie Maezumi, the Sundance Channel commissioned film “The Hunter’s Moon”, a joint Scottish-Canadian film entitled “A Song For The Dead”, starring “Jennifer’s Body” star Josh Emerson (which filmed in the Arctic Circle, Northwest Territories in the Fall of 2009), and “Cosmic Radio”, which Stephen wrote and directed for Velocity Pictures, starring Michael Madsen, Seymour Cassall, Wes Studi, Daryl Hannah, Irene Bedard, Rider Strong, Ricardo Chavira, and Randy Spelling. Stephen has also signed on to direct his romantic drama "Country Club Cowboy" with Tommy Lee Jones in January 2011, and is slated to direct a solo music video for Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, and has signed to direct a solo music video for Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas. Stephen is the director of the annual Idyllwild International Film Festival.

Conor O'Farrell has been working on stage, televison and film for the last 30 years. He has over 100 credits to his name. Most recently he can be seen in HBO's epic mini-series "The Pacific" and "Lie to Me" with Tim Roth. For three years he played Undersherriff Jeff McKeen on the hit show "CSI". He has recurred on "Medium", "Without a Trace", "Nip/Tuck", and "Desperate Housevives", and starred in HBO's Emmy award winning miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon". He has worked with Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Quentin Tarentino, Kevin Bacon and legend Karl Malden. Last year Conor starred in two premiered plays at South Coast Rep. His film work includes "Stir of Echoes" with Kevin Bacon, "Meet Bill" with Timothy Olyphant and Jessica Alba, "Trigger Effect" with Kyle MacLachlan and Elisabeth Shue,  and "A Flash of Genius" with Gregg Kinnear. Conor studied in New York with the legendary Uta Hagen.


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"Savage has an approach to directing actors thats very unique. I like the way he works."

- Michael Madsen

"Kill Bill 1&2", "Reservoir Dogs", "The Natural", "Sin City"


"Stephen builds a partnership with his actors that makes the process of character development a wonderful experience".

- Wes Studi

"Avatar", "Last Of The Mohicans", "Dances With Wolves"


"Savage is a one of a kind director. I've learned a lot working with him".

- Ricardo Chavira

"Desperate Housewives", "Six Feet Under", "The Alamo"


"I love working with Stephen. He just gets it".

- Irene Bedard

"Disney's Pocahontas", "Smoke Signals"


"Stephen makes you feel so comfortable. He understands the needs of an actor."

- Kyrie Maezumi

Daytime Drama "Passions", "Legacy", "Cosmic Radio"


"Stephen creates an environment that encourages the creative process in a special way."

- Wolfgang Bodison

"A Few Good Men", "Joe Somebody", "Akeelah And The Bee"


"Stephen's an actor's director. He is there to support the actor at every step. Its great working with him."

- Will Wallace

"The Thin Red Line", "I Am Sam", "The New World"


"Working with Savage is more than just a rewarding acting experience,  its a lot of fun "

- Josh Emerson

"Tooth Fairy", "Jennifer's Body", "I Love You Beth Cooper"

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