Steve North

Biography

Steve North is the Head of MA/MFA Acting for Digital Media at East 15. He is an Actor, Film Maker, Director and Lecturer in acting who has worked in the performing arts industry for the last 35 years. He trained at GSA and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has an extensive career as an actor in film, television and theatre, including four years as a series regular on ITV’s London’s Burning and a leading role in The National Theatre’s NT Live broadcast of War Horse. As a film maker, his credits include Co-writer and Associate producer on the feature film South West 9 and Associate Producer on The Football Factory. He directed the award-winning short film Cregan for Screen South under the Digital Shorts Scheme which was screened at film festivals in the UK and around the world including Foyle, Waterford, Leeds, Soho Rushes, New York. Other film directing credits include the short film Greensleeves, Love Goddess and film sequences for an original commission of 13 for the Brighton International Festival. Steve holds a PGCert in HE (Creative Education) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has previously worked at East 15 as a lecturer in screen acting and film making. Prior to this role he was Senior Lecturer in Screen Acting at UCA (Farnham) and Head of Acting at Laine Theatre Arts. He has taught screen acting in many different institutions as a sessional/guest lecturer. He was Course Director of London based screen acting school The Reel Scene and runs Devising Theatre Online Course for The Cockpit Theatre’s Theatre Maker programme. He specialises in running his own courses in devising scenes for screen and showreels.