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MEL CHURCHER
was an actor and broadcaster for twenty years.
Her work included leading roles at the National Theatre, New Shakespeare
Co. and extensive film and television work including classic series such
as Upstairs Downstairs, Edward VII & Duchess of Duke Street. Mel did enormous amounts of voice-over work,
dubbing and documentary presentation and was a full time presenter with
the BBC World Service from 1983-85.
She was also part of the team recording The
Longman's Pronunciation Dictionary onto CD-ROM. In 1999 she appeared in the successful four-hander The
Beastly Chronicles of Saki at the Jermyn Street Theatre which has
also been released as a CD.
Mel is also one of the top dialogue and acting coaches in movies. Her work includes Control, Eragon, Tirant lo Blanc, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (ADR only), Beowulf & Grendel, Twilight of the Gods (ADR only), Truth about Love, King Arthur, Tristan & Isolde, Danny the Dog/Unleashed, The Fifth Element, Joan of Arc, The Secret Garden, Madeline, 102 Dalmatians, Snatch, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (Green-screen only), The Hole, Secret Passage and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. She runs regular film acting workshops at the Actors Centres in London, Richmond, Manchester and Newcastle. She has been involved in Screen Acting courses at LAMDA and Mountview College and helped to set up the MA in Screen Acting at Central School of Speech and Drama.
Some of the artistes Mel has coached (in alphabetical order):
Film directors she has worked with include:
Mel has an MA in Performing Arts (Mddx), an MA in Voice Studies (C.S.S.D.) and an Institute of Phonetics Association Diploma. She is a member of The Writers’ Guild, Society of Authors, Equity, The Directors Guild, Women in Film and Television, a life member of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts, a voting member of the European Film Academy and served on the Council of the British Voice Association 2001/4. Mel has had numerous articles published. Her new book Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second was published by Virgin Books in January 2003.
Check out Mel's page on the Internet
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