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Matt Levett coaches with Jean-Louis in Australia and Los Angeles
Why do so many Australian actors keep getting hired for TV and film in America these days? Is it their training, hunger for new skills, or a remarkable work ethic and raw talent? Jean-Louis Rodrigue has been teaching many of the rising Aussie talents for the past five years in Melbourne and Sydney, and a year ago, taught two master [...]
Kristof connects back to his Polish roots in “Breathe” and “All These Voices”
Paul Kowalski, Alicja Bachleda, & Kristof Konrad on set for Breathe (©Yannick Belamine) Kristof Konrad starred in two short films with Polish themes, directed by two up-and-coming AFI film directors. Breathe, a psychological thriller directed by Paul Kowalski, is the story of Dr. Filip Kardel (Kristof Konrad), an ambitious Polish neurosurgeon working in America, struggling to cope with the [...]
Mary McDonnell reunites with Jean-Louis to work on “The Cherry Orchard”
Jean-Louis Rodrigue first worked with Mary McDonnell in 1991 when she was preparing for her Oscar-nominated role in John Sayles’ Passion Fish. In the film, she plays a soap opera actress with a severe drinking problem who is paralyzed from the waist down from an auto accident. Mary was concerned that her habitual tension in her neck and shoulders would hamper her [...]
Kristof Konrad trains cast of “Underworld: Blood Wars” in vampire and werewolf movement
In collaboration with director Anna Foerster, Kristof Konrad acted as Movement Choreographer and trained the actors, stunt players, and extras in animal movement techniques for Underworld: Blood Wars. Kristof also arrived in Prague two weeks prior to principal photography to work with Bradley James, James Faulkner, and Daisy Head to develop specific physicality for each of their characters while [...]
International actors meet at Berlinale Talents to study with Jean-Louis & Kristof
Jean-Louis Rodrigue & Kristof Konrad with their students from Berlinale's Talent Actors Stage, ©Bettina Ausserhofer With the main theme being “2015: A Space Discovery,” Berlinale Talents invited 300 emerging filmmakers to discover new ways of looking at cinematic space. With nearly 100 talks and workshops, experts and talent explored film as a multi-dimensional spatial art, jointly discovering various perspectives for the [...]
Kristof guest stars on of House of Cards
Alexander Techworks' movement coach and co-founder, Kristof Konrad, appears in season 3 of the highly acclaimed Netflix drama House Of Cards starring Kevin Spacey. (Spacey won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role). House of Cards premiered its third season on Netflix on February 27, 2015. Catch a glimpse of Kristof in the trailer below. Kristof reflected about [...]