Lorrie Hull Bio

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A former University Professor, Lorrie Hull was the senior faculty member for Lee Strasberg for 12 years, she taught for five years for the American Film Institute's Public Service Programs. As Strasberg's senior faculty member, Lorrie was the only instructor chosen by Mr. Strasberg to teach his course, "Understanding of the Method.

At right is a photo of Lee Strasberg.

Writing at the top right of the photo reads: To Lorrie Hull, with thanks for all your efforts. Lee Strasberg. Jan 10, 1981.

Writing at the bottom right of the photo reads: With hopes for the future. Lee Strasberg. 1980.

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In the fall of 1988, Lorrie, along with the Moscow Art Theatre Instructors, was chosen one of the worldwide experts to teach at the International Stanislavski Conference at the Pompidou Center in Paris.

Dr. Hull has conducted acting and directing seminars and workshops worldwide: in Sweden, Monaco (for Princess Grace), France, New York University, Northwestern U., Yale U., U. of Wisconsin and UCLA, among numerous universities, as well as in New York, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Des Moines, Kalamazoo and Omaha.

Lorrie is an award winning director and has been a member of the Actors Studio Directors' and Writers' Units, as well as a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre.

She has also been an acting coach for motion picture and television productions, having coached for Lorimar, Warner Brothers, and MGM Studios.

Lorrie's book is in libraries around the world and is used as a textbook by colleges, universities and other professional teachers in New York, Los Angeles, at RADA and elsewhere in the U.S. and abroad.

The DVD, "The Method", featuring Lorrie and her students, is being sold worldwide. "The Method II" is coming soon.

Lorrie Hull studied with Lee Strasberg and Herbert Berghof. She has been on the faculty of Ripon college and the University of Wisconsin, and was a founder and first president of the North American Regional Theatre Alliance.

She was a delegate and workshop leader to International Theatre Conferences in Sweden, Monaco, Canada and the U.S.

Lorrie has two children, Dianne of Santa Monica, California, and Donald of Harahan, Louisiana. Her greatest joys are her grand-children, Emily and Evan Hull of Harahan, Louisiana, and Brendan Gillespie of Santa Monica, California.