Brian served as the founding director of the BFA in Acting for Film, Television, Voice Overs, and Commercials at Pace University’s School of Performing Arts in Lower Manhattan.
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The FTVC program at Pace University challenges the old western tradition that great actor training must begin on stage - even though the bulk of work available to actors has shifted to the camera.
As the founding Head of Pace University’s BFA in Acting for Film, Television, Voice Over, and Commercial (FTVC) program, Brian assembled a diverse faculty and shaped a new curriculum to help bring actor training into the 21 century.
The FTVC productions re-imagine what performance opportunities for actors in a four year program could be, and set the program apart as much as any curricular innovation. Working with the production department and staff at Pace Performing Arts, Brian developed a system where the students are interacting with professional filmmaking artists in every year of their training in productions that grow from small studio scenes to original, commissioned short films shot on location. Some of these films have gone on to screen at national and international festivals, picking up awards and giving the students exposure (and IMDB credits) along the way.
Brian worked with other faculty members to pioneer a new model of showcase that is half live performance, half film screening, and a dash of voice over.
Within a couple years of the graduation of the debut class from the FTVC program, alum have gone on to book co-star, guest star, and series regular roles on CBS, NBC, Fox, FX, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, as well as supporting and lead roles in major studio films, independent feature films, national commercial campaigns, and on stage regionally and on Broadway.
Brian left Pace in 2019.
BRIAN IS VERY PROUD OF HIS STUDENTS’ WORK ACROSS ALL KINDS OF MEDIA.
This section is reserved for him to shout out their work and accomplishments and encourage you all to shout along.
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