"If 'all the worlds' a stage', and we are each here to play our part,
shouldn't we learn to play it to the best of our ability?"

FIRSTS

First Film&Theater CRITIC/INTERVIEWER - Canadian TV (CBC)

First Woman DIRECTOR/WRITER of Feature Film at TIFF - "I, Maureen" 3 Genie Nominations, TIFF, Cannes Film Festival

First Woman DIRECTOR FILM DRAMA CBC "Ottawa Valley" Alice Munro short story

First ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP for Actors/Directors/Writers Conducted by Janine Manatis Auspices NFB

First DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ PRODUCER to kiss a whale: Creator of Award Winning "You'll Have a Whale of a Time Marineland" Commercial (7 years)

JANINE MANATIS Published writer, award winning director, recognized actor as well as master teacher, consultant and "star coach"

DUBBED "Star Teacher/Coach" for these Major Actors... KevinCostner MichaelIronside LouGossette Jr MarkHarmon NancyAnneSakovitch DelroyLindo NastassjaKinski TomCavanagh DianaScarwid DougMcGrath TommyChang RobertCarradine LukeAskew BruceDern ScottHyland DavidRocco... & more

PLUS Directors/Writers/Producers/Stunt&Martial Artists... HarveyCrossland BerylFox DonMacBrearty KeithLeckie RobertSandler SandyKybartas MarikeEmery BarbaraBoyden BrianFreeman CatherineGourdier James&SimonKim ("TheTwinTigers") JosetteNormandeau... & more

TRAINED by the 3 giants of MethodActing: LeeStrasberg SandfordMeisner StellaAdler

Member Actors' Studio Award Winning Actor Kazan's Directors' Unit (Actors' Studio) Youngest Member Moderator Playwrights' Unit (Actors' Studio) Succeeded Edward Albee Rockerfeller & Ford Grants Sponsored by B'way&Actors' Studio producer Cheryl Crawford Mentored as a writer by the late great James Baldwin

Acting Coach, Star Coach, Toronto, Film, Acting, Directing, workshops, Scriptwriting, The Actors' Studio, Lee Strasberg, The Method, Method teachers, National Film Board, The Ensemble Workshop, ensembleworks, Actors Exercises for Everybody, Film festivals, Documentaries, Filmmakers, Awards, Grants, body/mind/spirit, Janine Manatis