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The San Francisco Acting Academy.

The San Francisco Acting Academy was founded in 2001 in collaboration with top casting professionals, actors and teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is our goal to provide the space for both new and experienced actors to hone their acting skills and to make them more competitive in the SFBA market. We offer classes geared to prepare actors for the demands of auditioning and working in the San Francisco Bay Area Market. Our instructors are the best in the business; not only accomplished working actors and teachers, but casting session directors, television and radio producers and theater directors. They bring a unique perspective from both sides of the camera and the casting process. Our class sizes are kept to a minimum, allowing each student ample time in front of both the class and cameras. All of our acting workshops are taught from Smuin SF studios, 1830 17th St. SF CA 94103. Full vaccinations with boosters encouraged!

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Pros who teach with passion.

Meet our Instructors!

STAN ROTH

UP ON YOUR FEET

Stan Roth relocated to the Bay Area from Los Angeles where he taught Cold Reading, Scene Study, and Improv since1987. He has numerous TV, film, and stage credits including 3 seasons as attorney Marvin Girard on the TV series, The Judge. He also directed many episodes of the series, as well as several critically acclaimed theatrical productions. In addition to teaching ongoing, private Cold Reading classes, Stan served on the faculties of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts West (13years) , Theatre of Arts Academy, the Denver Center Theatre Academy, South Coast Rep, UCLA, Santa Monica College, Diane Hardin's Young Actors Space and LA County High School for the Arts. Several of Stan's students have gone on to successful acting careers, most notably Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio. His teaching involves no gimmicks, just clear, effective instruction ,and rather than limit his teaching to one particular philosophy or method, his approach is designed to teach reliable acting techniques that are applicable in any acting or audition situation.He is represented in the Bay Area by NYLO Agency. His website is StanRoth.com.

Authentic Actor

Congratulations Tina D'Elia recently nominated by Broadway World San Francisco 2023, for Best Solo Performer for "The Rita Hayworth of this Generation" , her solo show.

Tina D’Elia, is an instructor with San Francisco Acting Academy, professional actor (SAG-AFTRA), public speaking trainer, performance coach, and award-winning solo performer, casting director, and co-screenwriter. Tina has been a guest speaker and presenter for SAG Conservatory Workshops (San Francisco SAG-AFTRA), The Actor’s Conference, University of California, and Academy of Art University. She has worked as a casting associate for Nina Henninger Casting, CSA, on a variety of films, television shows, and on-camera projects. Tina received the Diversity Casting Award (2017) and Trailblazer Award (2015) from the Equality International Film Festival for the diverse and authentic content in creative projects and casting youth, LGBTQ, and BIPOC talent. She is the co-writer recipient of The Audience Award at Frameline33 LGBT Film Festival (2009) for the short film Lucha. D'Elia’s film and television credits include: The Pursuit of Happyness, Knife Fight, Guitar Man, and Trauma. And webseries credits: Sense8, Dyke Central, Chosen Fam, and Assigned Female at Birth. She was nominated for Best Female Comedian the 48 Film Festival 2010. D’Elia is honored to be listed in Curve Magazine’s Power List (2017) and Go Magazine’s 100 Women We Love (2019). For more information: www.tinadeliaconsulting.com. @tinadeliasf Instagram/Twitter, Facebook, Tina D’Elia/Tina D’Elia Consulting, IMDbPro, Tina D’Elia.

Tina D'Elia

ROLF SAXON

The Actor's Workshop and Acting In Films

Rolf Saxon (AEA, BAE, SAG/AFTRA) is originally from the Bay Area and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Working extensively in film, television and theatre including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre Complicte, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Royal Court as well as the West End and regionally; working with, among others, directors Simon Curtis, Simon McBurney, Trevor Nunn, Matthew Warchus and actors Daryl Hannah and Gene Wilder. His film and television include over 25 films and three television series, working with Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel, Tom Hanks, Dame Helen Mirren, Jonathan Pryce and Ryan Reynolds, among others.

A director in both theatre and film himself, he has also been a private tutor and coach for over 20 years. Along with SFAA, he is also a Professor at Ohlone College in the East Bay. Previously, Rolf taught at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre here in the Bay Area, and in London, taught and directed at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the Academy of Live and Recording Arts. More info at rolfsaxon.com

Paul Ghiringhelli

Actor/Owner SFAA

Paul has been a professional actor in San Francisco for 40 years, performing in all facets of the business: Films, theater, television, radio, commercials, new media, educational, voiceovers and motion capture. He has managed The San Francisco Acting Academy since 2012, and has owned it since 2018.

Paul has worked with directors Spike Lee (Livin Da’ Dream), Peter Weir (Fearless), Carl Franklin (High Crimes), Finn Taylor (Cherish) Jonathan Parker (The Californians) and Rudy Bednar (ABC’s Final Witness: What The Boy Saw). Paul has been paired up with Noah Wylie, Jeff Bridges Dennis Franz, Ashley Judd, John Rubenstein Jack Warden, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and most recently, Jennifer Garner on the Apple TV original, “The Last Thing He Told Me.” He's had co-starring roles on NBC's Trauma and Rob Lowe’s “Knife Fight”, plus a lead role in the award winning, full length independent feature 'Crashing Eden'. Nationally, Paul hosted HGTV's popular and successful Landscape Smart for 13 seasons, (170 shows!) and locally for Best Of The Bay on KRON TV. Over the past three decades he's also worked in San Francisco as a radio dj, production director and television producer. Select on camera commercial clients include Cbiz, Intuitive, Parametric, Homelight, Old Navy, Princess Cruises, Alamo, Toyota, Lexus, Walgreens, Sara Lee, Gateway, One Touch Ultrasmart, and Bay Alarm. Paul has also spent the last decade working extensively in Motion Capture, most notably as the Team Owner for Director Spike Lee ‘s “Livin Da Dream” for NBA2K16.

For 28 years (1992-2020) Paul worked as a Session Director for San Francisco's top Casting Directors, including Beau Bonneau, Nancy Hayes, Kristen Beck, and Greg Cohen Casting, Additionally, he was an SFAA Instructor for 13 years, teaching the successful “Session Director’s Guide To On Camera Auditioning.” He has seen thousands of actors do their thing in the audition environment.

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