2-Days »RESOLUTION WORKSHOP« WITH KIRK BALTZ at UE Berlin

In this workshop you will learn how to get to know your artistic identity and hence find compelling stories and archetypes that you can draw from as a filmmaker, director, or actor.

Writing should always be an important part of creatives working in film. When we write, our head, our heart, and our hand connect. A flow takes place. We get out of our own way and the mind settles. We uncover raw truth that we may not have seen before.

For this workshop you will be using material from your own life to write and act from your gut which will then be professionally shot on video for you to add to or create a demo reel.

It begins here:

Write a letter to someone with whom you have an unresolved issue. Someone important to you from your past or present.

I encourage you to write it by hand. Don’t pull any punches… let ’em have it. And don’t worry, you won’t be mailing it. State your issue at the start of your letter. Cut to the chase. Let the pen go… this is not meant to be high art. Spill onto the page what your body needs to say. Yes, I invite you to write your letter to that one person you don’t want to.

When finished, set it off to the side and step into their shoes having just read your letter. Write you back. Drop in. Let them speak from your gut not your
brain. Trust me when I say “They are within you”. Let them write out all they need to say. Your head may say “they would never respond” or “they would have nothing to say.” Give them the ability and willingness to (maybe for the first time in their life) respond truthfully and hold nothing back.

When finished, set this one aside as well.
You now have 2 strong self-written monologues. Don’t rewrite or critique. Trust they are enough… as are you.

Bring them to our first day of class on November 2nd and be prepared to create a 60-90 second monologue of work that resounds with change, truth, and a powerful aspect of who you are that you will have on video.

It’s time for you to be seen, heard, and recognized.

Kirk Baltz is an actor, coach and educator. From the start of his career, Kirk has studied extensively in NYC and LA with such noted teachers as Sandra Seacat, Greg Zittle, Susan Batson, Tony Greco, and John Markland. These teachers are responsible for the training (and in some cases the continued coaching), of such actors as:

Ryan Gosling, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Garfield, Remme Malik, Scoot McNairy, Laura Dern, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Lange, Harvey Keitel and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

He has appeared in such noted films as:

Reservoir Dogs, Bulworth, Natural Born Killers, Face/Off, and Dances With Wolves.

In recent years, he's appeared in Taylor Hackford’s Parker, Deniz Erguven’s Kings, and the critically acclaimed short films The Armoire by Evan Cooper, and Demon by Caleb Slain.

He's appeared in the television shows:

Snowfall and NCIS:Los Angeles as well as 24, The Fugitive, Will & Grace, The Shield, Without A Trace, NYPD Blue.

Kirk will soon be seen in Redheaded Stranger and Tug of War, both written and directed by Jack Depp and Dexter Demme, By The Grape of God written by Kevin Hickey and directed by Colmcille Donston as well as Muscle Beach written and directed by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman.

Represented by Metropolitan Talent Agency and Endorse Management Group in Los Angeles.

Host or Publisher University of Europe for Applied Sciences