CLOSE UP
With Jeremy Banster

21-25 APRIL 2025
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A 5-Day Screen Acting workshop directed by Jeremy Banster, centered on the art of performing in front of a camera and embracing one’s on-screen presence. CLOSE UP is coming back for a second session in April 2025. Apply now!

Scroll down to read Jeremy’s full bio and watch videos from the workshop.

JEREMY BANSTER

Jeremy Banster is a French actor, writer, director and producer. His acting career began at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Paris in 1995. His teachers were Jean-Pierre Martino, Tsillah Chelton, and Didier Sandre. Jeremy co-produced and co-wrote the screenplay for the feature film "Pure Life", which he shot in French Guiana, Brazil, Surinam, Paris and Toulon, France. The film, nominated in many film festivals around the world, has won numerous awards including Prize of the Foreign World Press prize for Best First Feature movie and Best Young Actor at The Lumieres Awards. In 2016, with his film company, Cantina Studio, he worked on Canadian TV series "X Company" (CBS) and on feature movies in France such as "The Sleeper by the River" by Manuel Sanchez (Cesar Nomination) and "The Hand of Fatma" by Ahmed El Manounni (Best Director in the Tangier International Film Festival).

Scene from A WInter’s Tale
Directed by Jeremy Banster
Actors: Ioana Diaconescu, Luciano Maggioni

Scene from Les 7 Vies de Léa
Directed by Jeremy Banster
Actors: Mabelle Abdo, Cédric Leffray