Film Acting Books

by Peter D Marshall

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. Blum

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    yoganand shrivastva April 11, 2010 at 6:44 am

    i want to be a good actors

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