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NIC Acting Faculty - Michelle Allen

Michelle Allen

Michelle Allen has lived and worked in the Canadian Film and Television Industry for more than forty years. She formed the first Background casting company in BC in 1983, and began casting Principal roles for Film and Television in 1986. Michelle is exceptionally proud and pleased to have worked with two-time Academy Award-winning Director Alejandro […]

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Instructor Alexander Steele Zonjic

Alexander Steele Zonjic

Alexander Steele Zonjic is an actor, playwright and producer, born and proudly raised in Windsor, Ontario. Alexander has spent the majority of his little life in pursuit of acting excellence. A graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School, Alexander has also trained abroad at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Ecole Philipe Gaulier in

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Louise E. Lathey

Film has always been Louise’s passion and she has been writing screenplays since the age of 12. Throughout her youth she wrote, directed and edited student films and participated in multiple student film festivals. She attended Capilano College and completed a certificate in Motion Picture Production. Louise explored other work options and after pursuing a decade

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Robert Maloney

As an award-winning, Vancouver-based professional actor, with over 100 IMDB credits to his name, Robert’s 27-year career has taken him across the country and to the other side of the world. A graduate of Langara’s Studio 58 acting program, his television and film work has earned him the opportunity to work with multiple Academy Award-winning

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Thomas Potter

Thomas Potter is an ex-soldier who served with the PPCLI for 8 years, mostly in reconnaissance. Upon release from the military, he started working in film with the goal to be a stunt performer. Along the way, he discovered acting and auditioned for, and was accepted by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Completing the

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Jason Schombing

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Jason moved to New York where he began his now 30 year long career in the film industry. While studying as an actor at The Lee Strasberg Institute and Herbert Berkoff Studios, Manhattan would offer him the fundamental seeds of his passions regarding motion pictures, as well as provide

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Mauricio Romero

Mauricio Romero is a Mexican actor and singer, after studying musical theatre in Primera Fila and Strasberg method at Natalia Traven school, Mauricio went on to perform in over 300-400 theatre performances in productions like “Spring Awakening” (Melchior), “Rent” (Gordon), Wit (Ensemble), among others. He then wanted to expand his thirst for TV & Film

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Amazyles Silva

Originally from Brazil, Amazyles Silva started pursuing acting and dancing from an early age. She was part of multiple theatre performances such as Entre Mundos E Cores, and Moulin Rouge. In her late teens, she relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia, to continue exploring her passion for movement and film. She has since written and acted

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