KRIV STENDERS MASTERCLASS
WHAT YOU’LL GET!
Kriv will talk about his on-set directing process, and provide a collaborative and practical environment to engage in questions and discussions. Kriv will work closely with each actor to get their scene up on their feet as if you were on a real film set.
Students will be paired up prior to the Masterclass, and given a 2-hander script to prepare. Each student will shoot their scene on the day with real-time scene workshopping and direction from Kriv
DETAILS:
DATE: Saturday 1st November
TIME: 9am - 5pm
WHERE: Bondi Junction
CLASS SIZE: Max 16 participants
COST: $495 +GST
Acting Mastery is honoured to host Director Kriv Stenders for his Masterclass!
Kriv Stenders is one of Australia’s most renown, respected and prolific film directors with numerous critically acclaimed and award winning shorts, documentaries, music videos, TVCs, TV series and feature films to his credit. His fifth feature, RED DOG earned over $22 million at the box office, making it the 8th highest grossing Australian film of all time. RED DOG won both Best Director and Best Film at the 2011 IF Awards and Best Film at the inaugural 2012 ACCTA Awards. In 2015, he directed the sequel, RED DOG: TRUE BLUE, which went on to earn more than $7 million at the local box office.
In 2018 Kriv shot the Vietnam War epic, DANGER CLOSE: THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN starring Travis Fimmel. In 2020 he completed production on two feature documentaries, BROCK: OVER THE TOP and SLIM & I, where both received AACTA Best Feature Documentary nominations. In 2022 Kriv directed 4 episodes of BUMP (Season 3) and the last 3 episodes of the Disney+ series, LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE. In 2023, Kriv completed production on the comedy series MOTHER & SON and the 3-part documentary series, THE BLACK HAND with Anthony LaPaglia for ABC TV.
His most recent TV production, NCIS: SYDNEY for Paramount+ launched both in Australia and the U.S. in 2024 and became one the highest rating TV shows in U.S. that year. Kriv has just completed his tenth and latest feature film, THE CORRESPONDENT starring Richard Roxburgh. His latest feature documentary, JOH: LAST KING OF QUEENSLAND premiered at the 2025 Sydney Film Festival and is now streaming on STAN.
