What do Meryl Streep, Jessica Chastain, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac all have in common? Moni Yakim. For over 52 years, Yakim has taught movement at Julliard. His students have included Hollywood’s most celebrated actors, and he is often cited as one of their most formative influences.
The new documentary “Creating a Character” tells the story of the native Israeli who moved to Paris in the early ’50s, where he took up mime. Soon he was performing around the world. During a Parisian performance, Stella Adler discovered him and brought him to New York at her newly formed Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
From his move to America to keeping in touch with his former students, Yakim talks to Variety about the new documentary, produced by Kali Wilder, Alma Har’el, and Boaz Yakin, while Rauzar Alexander makes his feature documentary directorial debut.
What challenges did you face along the way,...
The new documentary “Creating a Character” tells the story of the native Israeli who moved to Paris in the early ’50s, where he took up mime. Soon he was performing around the world. During a Parisian performance, Stella Adler discovered him and brought him to New York at her newly formed Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
From his move to America to keeping in touch with his former students, Yakim talks to Variety about the new documentary, produced by Kali Wilder, Alma Har’el, and Boaz Yakin, while Rauzar Alexander makes his feature documentary directorial debut.
What challenges did you face along the way,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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