Matthias Schott

Matthias Schott manages the Schott Acting Studio:

As well as working as a coach and teacher, he is the main person responsible for organizing and running seminars and master classes.

Numerous engagements as an actor at various theatres including Düsseldorf Playhouse; director and producer of his own theatre productions.

As an actor trained at the European Theatre Institute (Konstantin Stanislavksi, Jewgeni Bagrationowitsch Wachtangow, Bertolt Brecht, Michael Chekhov, Jerzy Grotowski, Physical Theatre: Meyerhold and Biomechanics, Masks, Improvisation and Commedia dell’Arte) he worked mainly as a stage actor. For the past six years he has been running his own workshops and scene study classes and preparing actors for theatre productions, film shoots and auditions.

In addition to his traditional theatre training he studied the Strasberg Method with the Actors Studio teachers Geraldine Baron and Susan Batson; since 1998 he has regularly continued his studies of this method with Lena Lessing.

Currently: teaching engagements and seminars; dramaturgical advice for authors and directors

2014: Completed training in “Systemic Coaching and Business Mediation” at the BIF – Institut für Familientherapie e.V. (Institute for Family Therapy).

Since 2015 – Courses and studies in the work of C. G. Jung.

“I met Matthias in a three month Meisner Technique Foundation Course in 2008. We both were fascinated and his comittment in the work and in the pure art of acting encouraged me to get really deep into it. Today I must admit these months saved me as an actor, it was some kind of a relaunch. And this has got to do with Matthias. If you get the chance to work with him, grab the opportunity. Or just meet him. He is a guy full of true passion and credibilty. (At least for me he is.)” – Tillbert Strahl

“Matthias Schott is an outstanding acting coach and workshop leader. Through the detailed exercises in the workshops and his incredible curated eye, he provides generous individual feedback which has been pivotal on my acting journey. He is a true talent and the classes are not only a melting pot of ideas and experimentation but also fun! I can truly say that without it, my acting journey would not have grown as much. His knowledge, expertise and intuitive eye is unsurpassed.” – Alaa Taha (Playwright/Actress)

Permanente Aus-und Weiterbildung:

James Kemp in “Character Analysis & Movement Psychology”

Ron Burrus – Stella Adler (Stella Adler Technique & On Camera Training)

Dee Cannon – Stanislawski/Uta Hagen (Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art)

Rob Marchand – CBI Process (Improvisation/Mike Leigh uses to create his films)

Christopher Fettes – “Character Analysis & Movement Psychology”
Liana Nyquist (Movement Specialist) – “Yat Malmgren´s Character Movement”

Privatunterricht bei Absolventen (Schauspielern und Regisseuren) der Juillard School New York

Susan Batson (Susan Batson Studio, NY)
Lena Lessing in der Methode von “Lee Strasberg/Susan Batson”
Mike Bernadin in der “Meisner Technique”

Zusätzliche Weiterbildungen:

Bei Edgar Fell (Eric Morris/ Strasberg), John Colton (Stella Adler), Larry Moss (Strasberg/Meisner/Adler) sowie Robert Castle und John Costopolous (Strasberg); Körpertraining bei Liana Nyquist (Yat Malmgren/ Character Movement), Gennadi Bogdanov (Biomechanik) und bei unterschiedlichen Lehrern nach den Methoden von Jercy Grotowski und Eugenio Barba.

Improvisationstraining bei Keith Johnston, Gorilla Theater und Philip Said (Improliga Lyon)