JacK Waltzer: On the Craft of Acting

Jack Waltzer is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio, and trained intensively for many years with America’s foremost teachers and directors of the Stanislavsky System. Jack decided to start teaching in 1967 when he was in Los Angeles, as an acting member of the Inner City Repertory Company. Jack Waltzer was one of the original teachers personally chosen Lee Strasberg when he started the Lee Starsberg Theater Institute in New York City. Jack’s teaching has tremendously been influenced by the great teachers and directors of Stanislavsky’s system, with whom he trained and worked with for many years. This documentary pays tribute to Jack Waltzer and his legacy, and includes interviews with famous actors as Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, Roman Polanski, Sigourney Weaver, Paula Wagner, Jon Voight, David Proval, Geena Davis, Ken Sylk, Richard Romanus, David Soul, Elsa Zylberstein, Wadeck Stanczak, Emmanuelle Seigner, Thierry Frémont, Tomer Sisley and Sharon Stone.