Film Acting Books

I have included only a few of the many books Amazon.com has available on Acting. These books are the ones I personally recommend. If you wish to view or purchase a book, click on the Book Title below and you will be taken to Amazon.com to view the book.

My “You Must Have These in Your Library” List

• Acting for the Camera – Tony Barr, Eric Stephan Kline, Edward Asner
• An Actor Prepares – Constantine Stanislavski, Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
• Casting Directors’ Secrets – Ginger Howard
• Film and Television Acting: From Stage to Screen – Ian Bernard, Jack Lemmon
• Next! An Actor’s Guide to Auditioning – Ellie Kanner, Paul G. Bens
• Playing to the Camera: Film Actors Discuss Their Craft - Bert Cardullo, Harry Geduld, Ronald Gottesman, Leigh Woods
• Respect for Acting – Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel
• Sanford Meisner on Acting – Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell, Sydney Pollack

My “You Can’t Go Wrong With These” List

• Acting in Commercials: A Guide to Auditioning and Performing on Camera – Joan See
• Acting and Directing – Russell J. Grandstaff
• Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Movie Making – Michael Caine, Maria Aitken
• Acting in the Cinema – James Naremore
• Acting Shakespeare – John Gielgud, John Miller
• The Actor Speaks: Twenty-Four Actors Talk about Process and Technique – Janet Sonenberg
• The Actor’s Audition – David Black, Eli Wallach
• The Actor’s Encyclopedia of Casting Directors: Conversations with Over 100 Casting Directors on How to Get the Job – Karen Kondazian, Eddie Shapiro, Richard Dreyfuss
• The Actor’s Script: Script Analysis for Performers – Charles S. Waxberg
• All About Method Acting – Ned Manderino
• American Dialects : A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers – Lewis Herman, Marguerite Herman
• Audition – Michael Shurtleff, Bob Fosse
• The Audition Book – Ed Hooks
• The Back Stage Guide to Casting Directors – Hettie Lynne Hurtes
• Building a Character – Constantin Stanislavski
• The Camera Smart Actor – Richard Brestoff
• The Conative Connection: Acting on Instinct – Kathy Kolbe
• Creating a Character: A Physical Approach to Acting - Moni Yakim, Muriel Broadman, Stella Adler
• Creating a Role – Constantine Stanislavsk
• Fight Direction for Stage and Screen – William Hobbs, Laurence Oliver
• Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers – Lewis Herman, Marguerite Herman
• Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, Commercials, and TV – Judith Searle
• How to Audition: For TV, Movies, Commercials, Plays, and Musicals – Gordon Hunt
• How to Get the Part…Without Falling Apart! – Margie Haber, Barbara Babchick
• On Method Acting – Edward Dwight Easty
• The Physical Comedy Handbook – Davis Rider Robinson
• Professional Acting in Television Commercials: Techniques, Exercises, Copy, and Storyboards – Pat Dougan
• Secrets of Screen Acting – Patrick Tucker
• The Sanford Meisner Approach: An Actors Workbook – Larry Silverberg
• Screen Acting – Alan Lovell, Peter Kramer
• Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers – James Michael Thomas
• Working Actors: The Craft of Television, Film, and Stage Performance- Richard A. BlumCopyright (c) 2000-2012 Peter D. Marshall / All Rights Reserved