May 26, 2021
"If you want a body of work that at the end of your life you'll
be proud of then training is your best investment."
Terry Knickerbocker is founder and studio director of the Terry
Knickerbocker Studio, the renowned New York City-based acting
school. He teaches the Meisner technique and is part of a direct
lineage of Sanford Meisner, having spent over 30 years training and
teaching with William Esper, one of Sandy’s most respected
protégés.
Terry is a graduate of The Experimental Theatre Wing in the Drama
Dept. at New York University. He has also taught directing at
Playwrights Horizons Theatre School and Yale University. Other
essential teacher/mentors include Maggie Flanigan, Rina Yerushalmi,
Steve Wangh, Terry Hayden, Nikos Psacharopoulos, Jackie Brookes,
Mary Overlie, Ryszard Cieslak, Jerzy Grotowski, Pierre Lefèvre,
Moshe Feldenkrais, Dr. Louis Ormont, and Dr. Harry Fogarty.
Terry Knickerbocker brings his history and service to Wednesday
Wisdom!
Terry has coached such well-known actors as Sacha Baron Cohen, Sam
Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Emmy Rossum, Josh Charles, Abbie
Cornish, Boyd Holbrook, John Leguizamo, Jonathan Majors, Gretchen
Mol, Brian Michael Smith, and Yul Vasquez, among others. Terry has
coached actors on performances that earned an Academy Award, Golden
Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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