Mark Rydell understands the art of filmmaking and acting like few others do.
Legendary film and television director and West Coast Director of the Actor's Studio, he has spent his life on both sides of the camera.
He has given us some of the most emotionally powerful films of the last decades, On Golden Pond (1981), for which he won an Oscar nomination, The Rose (1979) where he directed Bette Midler to an Oscar nomination, The River (1981), and For the Boys (1991).
He has also directed television classics such as, James Dean (2001), with James Franco, The Fugitive (1964) and Gunsmoke (1964-66) as well as garnered critical success as an actor on films such as Robert Altman?s, The Long Goodbye (1973) and Woody Allen's, A Hollywood Ending .
In this entertaining and informative interview, he offers practical advice on all aspects of capturing a perfect performance and building a career that has spanned over four decades.