Lindy Davies

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Lindy Davies
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Lindy Davies
Born (1946-08-29) 29 August 1946 (age 79)
Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Performance Consultant
  • Film Consultant
Websitewww.lindydavies.com

Lindy Davies (born 29 August 1946) works in various roles in theatre, film and television, and is well known for creating an approach to performance for the intuitive actor. Lindy was the head of drama at the former Victorian College of the Arts for over 11 years until 2007, [1] and worked as a performance consultant on films including Afterglow (1997) and Away From Her (2006) with Julie Christie. . [2] In 1985, she won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Malcolm . As an actress, she also played Ruth Ballinger in the Australian soap opera Prisoner

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Career

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Davies has influenced many actors, including Cate Blanchett, [3] Harriet Walter, [4] [5] and Julie Christie. [6] She directed Blanchett in Electra at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992, and worked with Christie as a consultant on the Dennis Potter TV series Karaoke (1996) and the films Hamlet (1996), Afterglow (1997), Away From Her (2006) and Glorious 39 (2009).

Davies, who has said that intuition is the defining principle of her process. [7] [8] has conducted master classes for actors, writers and directors at the Canadian Film Centre from 2010 - 2025 [9] and continues to offer intensives for actors, directors, and writers throughout the world.

As director

Performance Consultant

Lindy Davies has developed an approach to performance: a process; which is an intuitive imaginative connection to language, space and transformation.

She has worked as a Performance Advisor/Consultant on many films including:

Actor Training

Actress

Awards

References

  1. "Lindy Davies interview". Debbie Kruger. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "The 1998 Rex Cramphorn Memorial Lecture: Become the Change". Australasian Drama Studies (34). April 1999.
  3. "Cate Blanchett - Biography". Cate Blanchett. 11 May 2011.
  4. Walter, Harriet (1999). Other People's Shoes: Thoughts on Acting. Viking. ISBN   9780670883530.
  5. 1 2 Billington, Michael (2007). Harold Pinter. Faber and Faber. p. 371. ISBN   978-0571234769.
  6. Christie, Julie (11 September 2006). Away from her (DVD Commentary). Canada: Lionsgate Films (US). Julie Christie refers to Davies as her acting guru
    • Ginters, Laura (April 2007). "Lindy Davies: a path to a process, Part 1". Australasian Drama Studies (50).
    • Ginters, Laura (April 2008). "Lindy Davies: A Path to a Process, Part 2". Australasian Drama Studies (52).
  7. Strube, Helen (1996). The autonomous actor : a case study of Lindy Davies (Thesis). Queensland University of Technology.
  8. 1 2 "Lindy Davies". cfccreates.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. "Lindy Davies directs "The Changeling" in Drama - Slovenian National Theatre". Vimeo. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  10. 1 2 McFadyean, Melanie (23 July 1995). "Julie Darling" . Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022 via independent.co.uk.
  11. Gross, John (17 August 1996). "Hedda to Hedda". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016 via telegraph.co.uk.
  12. "Distinguished Alumni Awards". Monash University.[ permanent dead link ]