Shannon Sturges - Studio Owner
Experience on both sides of the camera
Shannon is a rarity in the ranks of top acting coaches, after a very successful 25-year career as a working actress, she discovered her talent and passion for coaching and teaching others. Studying for those 25 years under Aaron Speiser, he was the one that pushed her into teaching, knowing that she had not only a gift for acting but also a gift for teaching. Eventually, she bought the studio from Aaron in 2015 when he decided to focus on his on-set coaching. She has since brought in other beloved teachers, opened an online section, and the studio has doubled in size and become the go-to studio for beginners and celebrities alike. If you’re interested in her acting credits you can visit her IMDb page. She stopped acting to focus on her students careers.
Global Studio
When the pandemic hit, it became an opportunity to bring her expertise and passion to students wherever they might be, and we now have students joining us online from New York, Florida, Toronto, Atlanta, London, Germany, Kazakstan, Spain, and Brazil are a sample the locations where we now have students. She’s also the granddaughter of legendary writer director Preston Sturges.
On Set Experience
Ms.Sturges loves working with beginners, established actors, and celebrity industry professionals. Her unique style of empowering the actor to create believable characters and behavior and doing so in a nurturing, inspirational, animated, fun. creative way has led her to be one of the top acting coaches. She’s worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports, and the business world as well as working all over the world including Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, Italy and Cuba.
Shannon is a graduate of UCLA, both of her parents were actors, she’s the granddaughter of legendary Academy Award-winning writer and director Preston Sturges, wife, mother of two sons, and a total goofball.
Ms. Sturges strives to create a vibrant and exciting community of artists and the best acting class in Los Angeles.
