- Hester Schell, MFA (she/hers) is an optioned screenwriter, produced writer, award-winning director, published author, veteran acting teacher and retired professor of film and theatre. Her script writing focuses on social good and environmental stewardship stories with roles for mature women and seniors. Schell is the author of the critically acclaimed volume, Casting Revealed: A Guide for Film Directors, now in its 2nd edition, with Routledge Press. Her column at Script Magazine focuses on acting and casting. She is the instigator of Hysterical Housewives, a stand-up training ground for women over 40 from 2003 to 2015 in the Bay Area. Find Hester on Facebook and LinkedIn.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hester Schell
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- Hester writes social good and environmental stewardship stories with roles for middle-aged women and seniors.
- January 2011, published CASTING REVEALED: A Guide for Film Directors, from Michael Wiese Books, the world leader in D-I-Y film books. The second edition was published by Routledge Press in 2016. Formerly worked as a puppeteer with Lunatique Fantastique in San Francisco and toured the UK with Cirque du Celery! Retired film and theatre professor, taught film acting Film Acting Bay Area, and ran Bay Area Casting News from 1995 to 2015.
- Great casting will make or break your movie.
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