DIRECTING ACTORS

From Script to Performance

DIRECTING ACTORS

From Script to Performance

DIRECTING ACTORS

From Script to Performance

A Workshop for Directors, Writers & Filmmakers

Aug 27 - 30.2026

What You’ll Learn
  • Understanding the actor’s process and creative psychology.
  • Script analysis from an actor’s perspective.
  • How to communicate direction without demonstrating the performance.
  • Working with trained actors and non-actors.
  • Blocking, movement, silence, and subtext.
  • Directing children and first-time performers.
  • Rehearsal methods that save time on set.

Who Is This Workshop For?
Filmmakers, Aspiring Directors, Writers and Screenwriters, Assistant Directors, Theatre Practitioners transitioning to cinema, Anyone interested in understanding the actor-director collaboration

A Workshop for Directors, Writers & Filmmakers

Aug 27 - 30.2026

What You’ll Learn
  • Understanding the actor’s process and creative psychology.
  • Script analysis from an actor’s perspective.
  • How to communicate direction without demonstrating the performance.
  • Working with trained actors and non-actors.
  • Blocking, movement, silence, and subtext.
  • Directing children and first-time performers.
  • Rehearsal methods that save time on set.

Who Is This Workshop For?
Filmmakers, Aspiring Directors, Writers and Screenwriters, Assistant Directors, Theatre Practitioners transitioning to cinema, Anyone interested in understanding the actor-director collaboration

Workshop

Ritesh Sharma is a writer-director and acting coach with more than fifteen years of experience across fiction, documentary, and theatre. He has worked extensively with professional actors, first-time performers, children, and non-actors. His independent feature film Jhini Bini Chadariya (also known as The Brittle Thread), presented by Anurag Kashyap, premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
He also served as 2nd Unit Director and Acting Coach on Dibakar Banerjee’s LSD 2. His approach comes from years spent both on set and in the rehearsal room, and is focused on practical methods that serve the story.

Bangalore
Film Forum

© 2026 Bangalore Film Forum All Rights Reserved.
With 🩷 from Bangalore
Website by Shivani

Bangalore
Film Forum

© 2026 Bangalore Film Forum
All Rights Reserved.
With 🩷 from Bangalore
Website by Shivani

Bangalore
Film Forum

© 2026 Bangalore Film Forum
All Rights Reserved.
With 🩷 from Bangalore
Website by Shivani