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Praise for Changing Direction:“The essence of Lenore's distinctive methods, developed overmany years, can be found in the pages of this excellent, clearlywritten book.”—Ang Lee, Director“Lenore DeKoven says in her introduction to her book, ChangingDirection, that ‘everyone wants to be in show business’. Well I am, but I've never wanted to direct. After reading Lenore's book, I mayreconsider my career choice.”—Edward Asner, Actor/Producer“I was one of the many people who, over the years, asked Lenoreto write her book, and finally she has. It's a thrill to read, as wellas a reminder of her great gift—her deep understanding of drama,directing, actors, everyday life, and most importantly her wealth of experience and huge heart. I will draw from this every time Iwork.”—Kimberly Peirce, writer/director of Boys Don't Cry,Stop-Loss, student of Lenore“Lenore DeKoven has written a great book for the director search-ing for practical advice on the techniques of directing actors. Herwork as a teacher has already affected a generation of youngfilmmakers. One would be hard-pressed to find a more compre-hensive and clear approach to working with actors.”—Bette Gordon, Director and Acting Chair of Film Division,School of the Arts, Columbia University“This book is much needed on the shelves for students and indi-viduals interested in directing actors for film and theatre. Very few books offer this approach with such specific and practical steps laidout in detail, step by step.”—Sheldon Schiffer, Georgia State University
 
Lenore DeKoven has had a distin-guished and varied career in film, the-atre, and television. Her activity in thefilm industry has included executivepositions in the talent and story depart-ments of Hecht-Lancaster and PalomarPictures. She was the managing directorof the Roundabout Theatre Company inits earlier days as well as the producerof several off-Broadway productions.DeKoven was a member of the TheatreArts Division faculty of UCLA, whereshe taught acting and directing on theundergraduate and graduate levels. Shedirected The Miracle Workerat FreudPlayhouse before returning to New York in 1980, where shedirected Another Worldfor NBCTV. She is a member of theDirectors Guild of America and the League of Professional TheatreWomen and has directed many plays and staged readings in NewYork. From 1981 to 1988 she was on both the theatre and film fac-ulties of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Since 1988 she has been amember of the directing actors faculty of the Graduate FilmDivision of Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Since 1981she has been artistic director of Our Workshop East, a developmentgym for actors, writers, and directors.
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