Ready to level up your craft and improve your demo reel?

This exclusive 12-week immersive acting and filmmaking accelerator is designed for serious actors and directors who want to create strong, cinematic work for their reels.

In this intensive hands-on course, a small group of actors and filmmakers collaborate to develop and shoot original short scenes on location, under real-world conditions. Every student completes three core projects in their primary role, either acting or directing. In addition, students participate in other projects in supporting capacities such as scene partner, crew, or assistant director, gaining broader on-set experience.

Guided by Stanislavsky & Meisner-based actor training and hands-on, on your feet filmmaking, participants receive tailored instruction throughout while actively rehearsing, blocking, shooting, and refining material.

Actors perform in three different short films with different partners and directors, expanding range and on-camera skills. Directors complete three different original projects and also participate in acting exercises to learn how to communicate effectively with performers and shape believable performances.

This is an intense, high-commitment program. Participants must attend weekly classes and be available for additional rehearsals on weeknights and at least three weekend shoots. While best suited for actors with some experience and directors who have completed at least one project, motivated beginners are welcome.

With limited spots available, this intimate program is built for creatives who are ready to work hard, grow fast, and leave with professional footage and real set experience.

This is more than just a class. It’s a creative career accelerator!

February 10 – May 5, 2026

Class – Tuesdays, 6:30–9:30 PM

No class Tuesday, March 17

Weekend Film Shoots (3+)

Sat & Sun, February 21 & 22
Sat & Sun, February 28 & March 1
Sat & Sun, March 7 & 8
Sat & Sun, March 21 & 22
Sat & Sun, March 28 & 29
Sat & Sun, April 4 & 5
Sat & Sun, April 11 & 12
Sat & Sun, April 18 & 19
Sat & Sun, April 25 & 26

Final Screening: late May 2026

Enrollment is intentionally limited to ensure every participant completes three projects and receives focused instruction, meaningful collaboration, and a high-quality final reel outcome.

Why Join the Actor–Filmmaker Accelerator?

🎬 Make 3 short film scenes for your reel: performed, directed, shot and edited by your team

🎭 Actors perform in 3 scenes and train weekly with acting exercises

🎥 Filmmakers rotate roles each project doing something different each time

🌎 Train on location: parks, rooftops, playgrounds, and real-world spaces (locations TBD)

💡 Hands-on, practical experience every single week

🎧 Work with natural sound and light

What Students Say

Highly recommend! For anyone trying to get an agent, build a reel, or anything else, you can pay $3-8k for a reel with scripts that have been used by hundreds of other actors or you can actually use scripts written by other students, collaborate, learn the creative process, and work with directors also learning their craft to build a reel that shows a diverse array of artistic direct while centralized on ensuring that you get screen time. It shows what you can do in varied mediums and that speaks better on a reel. You’re not in a soundstage following direction from someone who’s done it a hundred times for that exact script; you’re learning the creative process and the challenges of a set on a constrained budget. And everyone’s working to make it look as good as possible.   ~ Cy Hudson, Actor

It’s a great space to grow, experiment, and connect with filmmakers who are genuinely invested in each other’s work.   
~ Aliverdi Aliverdizada, Director of Photography 

The Accelerator program was a great way to gain experience on several projects quickly and add to a portfolio. It was a good opportunity to work with many diverse actors and filmmakers on different projects to continue to grow in ability and knowledge.   
~ Joseph Logan, Actor

This is great networking opportunity as well as a space to learn some basic filmmaking principles. If you’ve never been on a set, or acted in front of a camera or looking to work on film this is a great space/environment to try.   
~ Don Denham, Actor

Reels Accelerator is the People’s Film School. It’s a series of unique opportunities to gain the quality invaluable hands-on experience you’d receive at a USC or an AFI, but free of their heavy expense and encumbrance.
~ Liam Mathison Farmer, Assistant Director