A–Z on Directing Actors: Masterclass by BAFTA Award–Winning Richard Kwietniowski
Join BAFTA Award–winning writer-director Richard Kwietniowski (Love and Death on Long Island, Owning Mahowny) for an exclusive Cininfo Masterclass on the art of directing actors. In this special session, Richard will share 26 powerful insights (A–Z) that reveal how to collaborate with actors, unlock authentic performances, and make directorial choices that elevate storytelling.
Whether you’re an actor, director, independent filmmaker, or film student, this workshop is designed to transform the way you approach performance-driven cinema.
What You’ll Learn:
- Build trust and unlock truthful performances, from audition warm-ups to the final take.
- Frameworks that turn pages into beats, objectives, and actions that actors can immediately play.
- Craft choices (rehearsals, coverage, lensing, tempo, ethics) that elevate your film while protecting the performance.
Who Should Attend:
- Filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, film students, independent directors, and anyone serious about the craft of performance-driven cinema.
Event Details:
- Date: Sunday, 14 September 2025
- Time: 3 PM UK / 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: Zoom
This is a rare opportunity to learn directly from a famous filmmaker whose work has been shown at Cannes, Sundance, and Berlin, and who has taught 300+ directing workshops around the world.
FREE for all Cininfo Community Members!
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Speaker: Richard Kwietniowski
Designation: BAFTA Award–winning Writer & Director, Senior Lecturer (MA Filmmaking, London Film School)
Bio: Richard Kwietniowski is a BAFTA-winning writer-director and senior lecturer at the London Film School. Born in West London to Anglo-Polish parents, he studied literature (BA, First-Class) and film (PhD) at the University of Kent and was a Visiting Research Scholar at UC Berkeley. In the UK he worked across the independent sector (Bristol Film Workshop) and higher education (Bulmershe College), making acclaimed shorts including Flames of Passion and Alfalfa (David Harlech Memorial Award). He also created 40+ programmes for British TV, recognised by RTS and D&AD awards and a Prix Italia nomination, and consulted on PBS’s The Question of Equality.
His debut feature, Love and Death on Long Island (John Hurt, Jason Priestley), topped the US indie charts, made multiple year-end Top Ten lists, and won the Cannes Prix Pierrot, NYFCC Best First Feature, NBR Excellence in Filmmaking, and BAFTA’s Carl Foreman Award. His second feature, Owning Mahowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver), premiered at Sundance and Berlin, earned four Genie nominations, and brought Hoffman three Actor of the Year awards.
An inventive educator, he has devised courses and taught directing, screenwriting, and acting-to-camera in the UK and abroad, ran a 300-plus-session evening workshop at LFS, served on LFA’s QAEC, and designed/led the Central Film School BA. He supervises all MA graduation films at LFS. A frequent festival speaker and mentor, he has consulted for national bodies, contributed to BFI releases, and written for Screen, Movie, City Limits, Square Peg, and the TLS. Member: BAFTA, ALCS, BECTU, Directors UK. Representation: Independent Talent. Pronounced: Kfee-et-nee-ov-skee.