Top acting coach Michelle Danner  has coached many A-List Actors and has directed and acted in over thirty plays and musicals in New York and Los Angeles. Her favorite acting credits include Tennessee William’s The Rose Tattoo, critic’s pick and five Dramalogue awards including best actress.

Her highlights at Edgemar include producing The Night of the Black Cat, winner of the 2005 Best Musical of the Year at the Los Angeles Music Awards. Michelle next major project is the soon-to-be-released feature film ‘Hello Herman‘ starring Norman Reedus.

Here’s the interview

Michelle Danner, Santa Monica, Calif.; the films ‘How to Go Out on a Date in Queens’ and ‘Hello Herman’ and the stage shows ‘Mental the Musical’ and ‘You’re on the Air’

For me, moving into directing was a natural progression. I went from actor to acting teacher to play director to film director. I wanted to be responsible for the vision. As an actor, I didn’t feel like I had total creative freedom. I wanted to be the painter of the painting. When you’re an actor in a movie and it’s a wrap, you can go home and have postpartum depression. I would rather have my depression after I spend endless hours in the editing room making my vision come to fruition.

The challenge of directing is that it’s a very lonely job. The decisions start and end with you. Even though you’re collaborative, at the end of the day you have to think fast and have answers. You have to have a lot of patience, because the energy of the project rests on the shoulders of the captain. If you are anxious and show it, it will filter down. That does not make for a creative journey.

The reward is that when you direct, you use yourself on so many levels. You have to put all the pieces of the puzzle together and fulfill the vision that is in your mind’s eye. I’m at the end of editing a film that I just directed called “Hello Herman,” starring Norman Reedus and Martha Higareda. Although I’m feeling all the emotions that go along with birthing this creative endeavor, it’s absolutely exhilarating to see something you envisioned come to life.

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