Hi, I'm Craig. I coach people who want to do their best creative work.
I work with creative people who have a vision for the work and want to make it real.
I’m an award-winning writer, actor, director, producer and story consultant. I know what it is to work hard, get things made and make the vision come together.
I have a background as a psychotherapist, so I also know how much pressure there is in creative work and the life of a creative person.
You want to be in mental and creative shape to create and make the most of every opportunity.
You want to work with someone whose sole focus is you, your work and bringing more of You to your performance every time. Maybe you want to pursue a dream project and you’re asking yourself:
How do I get there from here?
Emma Beech
Actor and Performer
“Our focus is on being and doing and breathing and relationship with text all at the same time.
“You give so much calm to the process, so much acceptance, that I feel completely comfortable to let those impulses out.
“And it is getting to know that impulse again, that has been squashed with years of forceful direction and fear, the impulse that stirs in my gut and comes out of my body in the way it needs and wants to.”
You want:
- To keep working in a way that’s aligned with your purpose, the reason you got into the game in the first place
- A way of working that is emotionally and psychologically supportive
- To have the chops and the inner connection that you can call on any time.
- So when you’re faced with the super tight self-test turnaround, rewrites on set, an unfriendly room for an audition or a callback, you have your own presence and practice to guide you. You can do the work you came to do and leave satisfied.
- To set higher goals for yourself as a creative. You want to be in mental and creative shape to create and make the most of every opportunity.
You want someone in your corner. Someone whose sole focus is you, your work and bringing more of You to your performance every time.
Often, the people I work best with are people who are used to working at high levels and know they’re stepping out into unknown territory with every project. They know that’s where they work best, and they also know that there aren’t many people who can really hear the challenges of stepping out into work that only you can do.
Ruth Natalie Fallon
Actor, Martial Artist, Fight/Intimacy Choreographer
“Working with Craig has up-levelled my practice in the best way possible. I started my work with Craig not 100% sure what I was trying to achieve, but I knew something in my auditions, and my craft, had become stale and untruthful.
“Craig found this perfect balance of guiding me back to myself, and my process, and while also working on the technicalities of building a scene that is layered and interesting.
“He is a rare breed with his years of experience and training, coupled with talent and instincts. This means his sessions are tailor-made for you as an individual. Craig will help you grow and develop in ways that feed so much positivity and self trust into your work.”
As an Actor: You may have several years’ experience. You’ve booked some roles. You may have found a niche. Or you’re getting in the room, getting good feedback on tests and auditions and feel you’re close to landing the work. Maybe you’re starting, looking to get material, looking to make the most of your auditions.
You want to develop your work, your creative world, your self in new ways.
As a Writer and FIlmmaker: You know how the world works. Maybe you’ve assisted writers, producers, directors, production companies. You know you need to develop that script that will be your calling card. You’re building work – scripts, decks, packages – that you want to be strong enough to go out and land you a deal, interest from reps – the doors are there to be opened.
You’ve made a feature or some TV already and you’re preparing your next project and want development help because you know now that you don’t just write the script – you write the film on the page.
You want to work with someone who’s done that and worked on all sides of the process and can work with you the whole way to (and through) production). Someone who can navigate the deeper questions that arise from feedback you’re getting from readers.
You need a script developer, writers’ producer, a consultant. Someone to take a shot at a rewrite or an ep. Someone who’s done it before and has been in rooms, doesn’t need their hand held.
As a Creative Professional: You work in the creative world. You’re a producer, an exec, a manager, an agent, an entrepreneur developing and making things. As well as developing your radar for what works as a creative project, maybe you want to develop skills like
- Being ‘good in the room’
- Taking feedback, interpreting it and benefiting from it
- How to choose projects and how to develop your personal check
- Developing strategy for your project, your work, your career
- How to choose collaborators (and how to identify people you should avoid)
- How to deal with difficulties and conflicts that come up in the making, producing, postproducing work, making the deal and finally seeing your work in front of people
Maybe you have more than one string to your bow – as a writer, a musician, a designer, or from another field entirely. You’re asking how you can use more of your talents, maybe bring them together in a single direction, rather than feeling you have lots of great ideas not quite going anywhere because you’re split between everything.
You want to work with someone who will look deeply with you to bring out your vision.