"Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone-driven, boorish Walter Slavic" - john doyle, globe & mail

"Canada's very own bad boy" - ctv eTALK Daily

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Over 20 Instructors & Guests

Walter Alza (Get Rich Or Die Tryin', Flashpoint, Metropia)
Award Winning Actor/Director/Writer/Producer. Acting Coach. Motivator.

Walter Alza (Get Rich Or Die Tryin'; Flashpoint; Metropia)
Award-winning actor/director/writer/producer; acting coach and motivator.
Walter has taught hundreds of actors, both in class and in private sessions, at Alza Acting Studio and at other places and has also lead conferences and workshops at home, across Ontario and abroad. He has been invited to be a guest speaker and moderator at the Toronto ACTRA Conference, various film festivals and has been a member of ACTRA’s diversity committee. Alza's award-winning career spans over 20 years and has taken him across the globe. Well-known for his diverse roles, he has worked alongside Terence Howard and 50 Cent in the film Get Rich or Die Tryin' – directed by the legendary Jim Sheridan (In The Name Of the Father) — and was featured in the TV series Metropia, and most recently in the award-winning film Gangster Exchange and Flashpoint the series. In recent years, Walter has turned his attention to producing, making his feature film debut with Pay in Full, a film he also wrote, directed, and starred in. The film garnered him acclaim at the Reel World Festival and Toronto Indie Film Festival and was successfully sold to Rogers and seven other networks where it currently airs on Pay Per View and Video On Demand. Walter's films Clive Houston, We Have a Problem and Open Your Eye Katarina have also garnered international acclaim, Including winning best foreign film in Nevada Film Festival with Clive Housto,n We Have a Problem. Walter has several projects in development with his film company alza 44films ltd.

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Tim Kachurov

Actor, Director & Drama Coach

Tim graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (R.A.D.A) in London, England and the Academy of Theatre Arts in Toronto. Tim’s acting career includes many live performances with such Theatre companies as the International Drama Ensemble, Canadian Stage, Lovers and Madmen and Horizontal 8. Tim notable performances include Voltemand in Hamlet at the Canadian Stage directed by Ned Vukovic from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cicero in Julius Caesar at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Tim has performed in the Booff Clown Show since 2007. Tim is currently the Artistic Director of the Toronto Theatre Academy, which he founded in 1990, where he trains and coaches students in the Art of Drama. He also directs TTA’s annual theatre productions, the last of which was The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht in May 2008. Tim is a Chairman of the Board of Solar Stage Children’s Theatre and an active member of the Bishop White Committee at the Royal Ontario Museum where he gives International Public lectures and writes articles on Japanese Art. Tim is honoured to play side by side with such renowned artist as Nikolai Terentiev in the Booff Clown Show. Tim has several plays in development.

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Dean Bajramovic
Award Winning Director/Writer/Producer

After finishing a biology degree from the University of Toronto in 1997, Dean moved to Osaka, Japan. Dean spent 2 years in Japan teaching English and French to high school students during the day and Japanese businessmen at night. Japanese culture continues to be a major influence in his films. After leaving Japan, Dean moved to London, England, where he worked for 2 years as a research analyst for the European branch of a telecommunications consultancy.
In 2002, Dean returned to school to obtain an MA in filmmaking from the London Film School. During his two years of study, he worked on approximately 30 short films, music videos and TV commercials – both at the school and commercially. His final student film, Guns to Gogo, won a Gold Medal at the Park City Music Film Festival and Best Action Short of the Year at the Action On Film Festival. Dean recently completed his first feature film, Gangster Exchange, which has won 6 best film awards at festivals across North America. Dean has several projects in development with his film company.

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Other Selected Studio Guests & or Workshop Instructors conducting with Walter Alza

Casting Director Millie Tom (Hulk)
Casting Director Marsha Chesley (the Weight)
Casting Director Ron Leach
Casting Director Majorie Lecker
Casting Director Jenny Lewis
Emmy Award Winning Director Ron Murphy
Director Ron Murphy
Guest Director Award Winning Director-GAIL HARVEY-(The Weight).
Paula Smith -- Producer/Writer Metropia
Casting Director & Author Marsha Chesley ( "Little Mosque on the Prairie"this is wonderland)
Agent Stephanie Porter from The Porter Group  
Tonya Lee Williams - - Actor/Producer/ Reel World Film Festival Founder
Emmy Award Winning Director Ron Murphy.

Brian Levy - Casting Director (Guest)

Producer/Writer Paula Smith (Metropia, Paradise Falls)

Gemini Award Winner Casting Dir. Jenny Lewis

(Agent, Porter Group) Stephanie Porter.

David Krae Producer/Director (The House), Gangster Exchange (Prod.)

Writer and assistant to Multiple Academy Award nominee and Winner Jim Sheridan, Renata Radamidov

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