Joel Asher's expertise on acting comes from many perspectives. He's been a successful actor, director, writer and teacher. Asher has long been known as one of the country's top acting coaches. He is featured in the MTV special "I Am An Actor."
As A DGA director of film and television, Asher has been honored with an L.A. Emmy for producing the magazine show "LA Arts." His television directing credits include "General Hospital" and "Who's The Boss." His numerous theater directing awards include the N.A.A.C.P. Image Award. He has been called in to coach actors for film and television at Universal and Disney studios, and Morgan Creek productions, as well as his individual work with actors at his own studio. His "Acting On Camera" workshops are in demand nationally.
Joel Asher Studio produced the "Actor's at Work" series of videos as well as State of the Art Professional Demo Reels for Actors.
Stacey Stone's expertise comes from documenting social justice work around the world. She has filmed and photographed in India, Africa, Peru, UK, and Nepal, for NGO's, The Documentary Channel, BBC, and National Geographic. She received the acclaimed "Humanitarian Award" for her documentary on Father Jesu in Chennai, India after the tsunami. She has lived in rural villages and spent several weeks sleeping in her car to film a Red Cross shelter in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
Stacey has a passion for combining healing work through documentary storytelling. She received a Ph.D. in Creativity and Healing - her emphasis being "Creative Communication in a Culture in Crisis." Her documentaries with Joel Asher: "Speaking of Creativity," "Global Warming Solutions" and "My Planet, My Future" have garnered several distinguished awards and film festival screenings. She is currently featured as a finalist in photo l.a.'s Emerging Focus competition 2012 for her photograph "Freedom;" taken at a Buddhist monastery in Darjeeling, india. She is a published author and resides in Los Angeles.