Hollywood Acting Coach & Award-winning Film Director Michelle Danner is recognized as one of the best acting coaches in Los Angeles, offering private coaching and Los Angeles acting classes tailored to your goals. Whether you’re looking for acting classes in LA or private acting lessons online, we provide the training you need to take your career to the next level.

Michelle has taught acting for over 30 years and has worked with many A-list actors on-set and in private acting lessons. Michelle trained extensively in New York and Paris with Uta Hagen and Stella Adler. 

Michelle Danner has coached and directed the following Hollywood actors such as: Penelope Cruz, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek, Henry Cavill, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Kyle MacLachlan, Mireille Enos, Taryn Manning, Ryan Phillippe, Chris Rock , Zooey Deschanel, James Franco, Seth Macfarlane, Michelle Rodriguez, Isla Fisher, Luke Wilson, Emily Van Camp, Donald Sutherland,  Enrique Murciano, Josh Bowman.

In 2006, she made her feature film directing debut How to go Out on a Date in Queens which was nominated and won four L.A. Film Awards including Best Director. Her second film, Hello Herman starring Norman Reedus, won four L.A. Film Awards including Best Director. The film premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival and had its international premiere at the Monaco Charity Film Festival where it won the award for social relevance. It opened theatrically nationwide and was distributed by Warner Brothers. Her production company, All in Films, has several other projects in the works.

Receive private acting lessons from one of the best coaches in L.A..

If you are an actor, director, writer, and producer in need of a private acting coach call us at 310-392-0815 or email us at [email protected]  for Private acting coaching.  

What type of Private Coaching Session we offer:

• Audition preparation and call backs. In-depth script & scene analysis & guidance in making bold, specific character choices

• Learn the stella Adler, Meisner, uta Hagen, or Stanislavski technique.

• Learn Michelle Danner's " Golden box technique"

• Voice and speech

• Drama school preparation.  

• Public speaking

• Accent reduction

We have a faculty of acting coaches offering private coaching sessions and private acting classes for adults, teens, and kids. Whether you’re preparing for a dream audition or already booked for a role, private coaching will give you the confidence and skills needed to excel.

Private Coaching -online or in-person

Work on your acting technique from comedic to dramatic material. Actors are encouraged to explore and work on great writing. 

Material will be assigned ahead of time. You will form a toolbox of your own and develop a comprehensive set of “acting tools” when approaching a role or a scene whether it be for film, television, or theater. 

Private Coaching -online or in-person “Golden Box” technique.

Learn different acting techniques and form an individual toolbox, your very own Golden Box,

based on Meisner, Strasberg, Adler, Hagen, Chekhov & the Stanislavsky Technique.

Discover the answers to the following questions: Why are some choices more powerful than others?

How does one deliver a raw unforgettable performance?

What specific tools can be applied to film, television, and stage work?

Private Coaching- Accent Reduction-online or in-person

If you weren’t born in America yet you’re playing an American, you have to SOUND like one. Just look at all the Australian movie stars from Russell Crowe to Cate Blanchett - they all know how to speak like Americans - accent reduction has been crucial to their development and success. You will learn how speech functions and how accents develop, followed by intensive study and practice of the consonant and vowel sounds that occur in General American speech.  You will obtain a standard American accent and perform contemporary monologues from film and television.  

Voice & Speech-online or in-person

This class focuses on voice and speech. Opening up your diaphragm and teaching you how to 

access your inner vocal strength and empower your voice.