Sebastian Faure On His Thoughts, Heart, and Passion Behind His Acting

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Sebastian Faure On His Thoughts, Heart, and Passion Behind His Acting

(April, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA) It took many years of soul searching for me to understand what I truly wanted to do with my life. For most of my youth, acting was merely a hobby, but later in my 20s I came to realize that it was more than just that. It took me years of working in all kinds of different jobs and realizing that they weren’t meant for me. It was only later that I allowed myself to take a leap of faith and pursue acting as a full time career. It’s not an easy job, work isn’t consistent, however when it is your passion, it all becomes worth it. When you finally find yourself working on something you love, you don’t consider it work, you do it for your well-being. Through acting I found myself opening my mind to how everyone’s perspectives of life could be so different. By telling stories, I felt that I ended up contributing more to society than when I was working as a salesman, or a tennis coach, or any other job I went through before finally settling with acting. For the time being, I live in Los Angeles, and my contribution would be making great aspiring movies.

This is where my journey truly began, and through this discourse, I’m hoping to shed some light on how acting can help one find purpose in life.

Acting is an exaggerated imitation of life, and I will explain why. The camera reflects what the director wants you to see, the movie is narrated by the director. An actor tries to live in the moment and shows genuine emotion for each scene. The director is therefore the compass, guiding the actor through the narrative journey while focusing on the specific tone, rhythm of the story.

A story can be romantic, dramatic, satiric, or even comedic, that is why I call it an exaggerated imitation of life. 

An actor’s craft starts when he books the job; he starts researching and tries to understand the essence of the character he will be portraying. Is it a character that is seeking love, seeking revenge, or wants a father’s acknowledgment? What is that character looking for in life? Everyone has a drive, an objective they want out of life. In any movie, if a character seeks nothing out of life, he serves no purpose in the story and holds no presence. 

Once you understand the character’s objective, the next step is to find the common ground between your own personal experiences and the character’s mindset. Finding parallels are necessary in order for an actor to convey genuine emotions. The more specific you are, the deeper you get.

However important it is for an actor to mold his struggles to the characters circumstances, it is equally imperative for him to understand the characters obstacles. Without struggle, there’s no satisfaction from the audience.

The more obstacles presented in front of the character and blocking him from chasing his objective, the more appealing the story.

These are only a few of the points that an actor must take into account when understanding the mindset of his character, and bringing him to life. I am currently studying at the Ivana Chubbuck studio and if I had a book to recommend you all to read. It would be the “The Power Of The Actor,” the 12 steps Chubbuck technique that will help you take a character from script to a living, and breathing character.

I promise you, I learned a lot from her book.

Acting is about learning the mindset of a character and not judging it. No matter how evil your character might be, in his mind, his actions are justified as a means to his goal. The more you learn about the abundance of perspectives in society, the more you will understand the essence of human behavior and psychology.

With this knowledge, you attain a better understanding of the meaning of a purposeful life, and the workings of the human psyche. 

It might seem complicated; what is our purpose in life? I can’t tell you specifically what it is, but what I came to understand through acting is this.

Life’s purpose is to remain dynamic, to keep moving forward, to keep chasing your passion, your objective. If you have reached your objective, set the bar higher. Never allow yourself to settle for the minimum.

As a human being, you learn more from your failures than your successes. By learning, you are growing and gaining knowledge about life and about yourself. Do not be afraid of change or the unknown. Getting out of your comfort zone is the only way to learn something new. It is in our nature to develop habits and to grow accustomed to a routine, we tend to go on autopilot mode. Habits create laziness, change demands effort.

Most people live their lives in an endless cycle, with nothing to chase. It is essential not to allow yourself to get too comfortable with your habits, to take any opportunity that comes your way, this will inevitably help you grow as a person. It is also important to understand that the more you are open to listening to others, the more you will learn.

We all have a purpose. At the end of the day, life is about finding that purpose. Us humans live together and work together in a society, we are all linked on a daily basis. What can your purpose offer to our society, and what contribution you make will help society to progress for a better future?

This is my philosophy in a nutshell, a quick peek into the mind of an actor. I hope this drives you to find what you are looking for.

All the best,

Just an actor,

Sebastian Faure

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Sebastian Faure’s Journey from Fine Art to Film Acting

Currently Working in David Fincher’s Mank

(April 2020 – Los Angeles, CA) Sebastian Faure was born in the cultural melting pot of Dubai. Brought up in a French-Polish family, his colorful upbringing in the Gulf led him to have a strong understanding of many different cultures.

His romanticized perspective of the world had him cast aside at a young age but proved to be valuable once his mother introduced him to the arts. "The first time I held a pencil and started drawing was when I was with her. The first time I had to recite a sonnet in class, I was practicing at home with my mum. She was always there to support me. For that, I'm grateful." Once he got to explore his fathers' film collection, he was hooked. Being a part of the magic of making movies soon became his raison d'être. 

Although his father advised him against pursuing a job that has no safety net, he allowed him to attend the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris, with a major in Art History and Archeology. Despite having to compromise to put his fathers' mind at ease, Sebastian never lost his desire to pursue an acting career. So without his fathers' knowledge, he started taking theater classes. He graduated from the Sorbonne with a Bachelor's Degree in Art History and Archeology and a Minor in Theatre.

Moving back to Dubai, he worked as an art consultant in a gallery for three years before finally taking the first step towards following his passion by moving to Los Angeles, where he earned a Masters in Fine Art Acting at the New York Film Academy. He is grateful to have been coached by people like George McGrath, Isabella Hofmann, Joe Basile, George Russo, and Ken Lerner, to name a few.

He became acquainted with many acting techniques such as Stanislavski, Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Chekhov, and Grotowski. He was able to take something from all of these techniques in order to create his own style.

After graduating, he started working by taking part in whatever project that came his way. Because of his determination, he developed a reputation, leading him to get work in higher caliber projects. 

It is Sebastian's belief that the art of acting is a never-ending search in finding the essence of a character. A quest to understand human behavior and push away judgment. It's a search for truth in understanding social psychology in the various circumstances of life. 

As Sebastian puts it, "it's not about the start or the finish line, it's about the journey... of discovery, of learning, of growing, and of interacting with others.” In his perspective, acting is an exaggerated imitation of life and life’s purpose is to remain dynamic, to keep moving forward, to take chances through the process of learning and getting out of your comfort zone. The moment you start getting too comfortable with your habits, you are as good as dead as you have lost track of your purpose. We can draw this parallel with acting; a character in any story holds no presence if he has no purpose, no objective.”

He is currently training the Chubbuck technique with Michael Monks. Sebastian’s determined focus on developing his craft is beginning to pay off; today, his IMDb profile shows forty-six film and television credits!

He is now known for his roles in Blue, playing alongside Judith Scott and Chelsea Lopez, in the multiple award-winning Knead for Love, accepted at the Cannes Film Festival and most recently in the upcoming David Fincher film Mank where he is performing with Gary Oldman, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Amanda Seyfried, and many others.

Mank follows screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz's tumultuous development of Orson Welles' iconic masterpiece Citizen Kane, and Mank is already developing some Oscar buzz.

"Every time I pick a role, I always start by understanding the psychology behind that person and the way he perceives life, because acting is all about the thought process in studying the character’s interaction with his surroundings.”

He is also appearing as a married man who escapes from his ordinary world, jeopardizing everything he thought was love in The Rose Hat written and directed by Ana Karenina Arley Jiménez.

The Rose Hat is currently on the world-wide festival circuit.

Sebastian Faure intends to continue to pursue his passion for acting. "I'm consistently learning more about life and myself so that I can improve my artistic craft."

On his immediate horizon is the upcoming Indiana Jones 5, for which he will soon be auditioning.

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Director Humberto Rosa Developing Award Winning "The Method"

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Director Humberto Rosa Developing Award Winning "The Method"

Cast includes Nicky Whelan, Costas Mandylor, and Christopher Showerman

(March, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA) Humberto Rosa is developing the award winning (Berlin Flash Film Festival, Honorable Mention; Dumbo Film Festival, Nominmated, Best Short Narrative; The Monthly Film Festival, Nominated, May – 2019 – Award) The Method (formerly The Assistant) the story of an ambitious Hollywood assistant who finds herself in a hellish, life-or-death situation when she agrees to live in isolation with an overbearing Method actor who wants an extreme experience far from the executive producer and producer of a civilization, while preparing for his next role. Humberto is the director and executive producer, with well known talent attached like Nicky Whelan, (Hall Pass, Knight of Cups, The Wedding Ringer, Halloween II)  Costas Mandylor, (Virtuosity, Saw V, Saw VI, Saw - The Final Chapter) and Christopher Showerman, (George of the Jungle 2, Big Game, Radio America.)

Currently working in Los Angeles, he now has six titles in development, and an astounding twenty-six completed film and video titles working with some of the biggest talents in the industry both in the US and his homeland of Brazil too!

“I am grateful to have been able to learn so much about such a dynamic industry, and to have been able to work with so many talented people. Film is a collaborative process, and working with great people is a continuing learning experience. Thrilling audiences around the world is the ultimate reward.”

Humberto is the executive producer and producer of a new major Brazilian comedy feature film entitled Solteira Quase Surtando that will be released this month at major theaters throughout Brazil.

He is also producing Subliminal with Warren Zide producer of American Pie and the Final Destination franchise.

Completed are Don't Look Back written by Jeff Howard (The Haunting of Hill House) and has earned an astounding 17 awards, and 16 nominations. The film’s composer was Frank Simes the musical director of the band The Who, and has also recorded and performed with Mick Jagger, Don Henley, and Stevie Nicks.

He is a co-producer of 2119 with Edimilson filho directed by respected Brazilian director Edmilson Filho shot in the USA.

His horror feature Invoked was released in theaters in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia, was also released in North America, Central America and Europe on Netflix, and is now available on Amazon.

A Consulting Producer on Malady, a horror movie shot in the US about a group of friends who decide to escape the daily hustle and bustle of LA, by going on a camping adventure. But when they encounter an infected man, their adventure soon turns to the fight for survival and now they must escape the Malady.

And producer of Lisa Haisha’s web series, he also interviewed her husband Lee Aaronsohn creator of Two and a Half Men and executive producer (83 episodes) and writer (43 episodes) of The Big Bang Theory.

In 2019 he coproduced a Brazilian horror feature film entitled Meu ódio é minha herança with recognized performers from Brazil like Andre Mattos (Narcos) and Tonico Pereira from Globo tv, which will be released later this year in Brazil.

From the time he saw Indiana Jones and the The Last Crusade, he knew he had to become a filmmaker, and now he would love to collaborate someday with Steven Spielberg. That and more is likely on the horizon for this talented filmmaker.

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Producer / Director Humberto Rosa Bringing Solteira Quase Surtando to Brazilian Theaters in March

Also Developing The Method for Domestic US Audiences

(February, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA) Humberto Rosa is the executive producer and producer of a new major Brazilian comedy feature film entitled Solteira Quase Surtando that will be released this March 12 at major theaters throughout Brazil.

He also has The Method (formerly The Assistant) in development, the story of an ambitious Hollywood assistant who finds herself in a hellish, life-or-death situation when she agrees to live in isolation with an overbearing Method actor who wants an extreme experience far from

civilization, while preparing for his next role. Humberto is the director and executive producer, with well known talent attached like Nicky Whelan, Costas Mandylor, and Christopher Showerman.

Currently working in Los Angeles, he now has six titles in development, and an astounding twenty-six completed film and video titles working with some of the biggest talents in the industry both in Brazil and the US!

He is also producing Subliminal with Warren Zide producer of American Pie and the Final Destination franchise.

Completed are Don't Look Back written by Jeff Howard (The Haunting of Hill House) and has earned an astounding 17 awards, and 16 nominations.

He is a co-producer of 2119 with Edimilson filho directed by respected Brazilian director Edmilson Filho shot in the USA.

His horror feature Invoked was released in theaters in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonésia, was also released in North America, Central America and Europe on Netflix, and is now available on Amazon.

A Consulting Producer on Malady, a horror movie shot in the US about a group of friends who decide to escape the daily hustle and bustle of LA, by going on a camping adventure. But when they encounter an infected man, their adventure soon turns to the fight for survival and now they must escape the Malady.

And producer of Lisa Haisha’s web series, he also interviewed her husband Lee Aaronsohn creator of Two and a Half Men and executive producer (83 episodes) and writer (43 episodes) of The Big Bang Theory.

In 2019 he coproduced a Brazilian horror feature film entitled Meu ódio é minha herança with recognized performers from Brazil like Andre Mattos (Narcos) and Tonico Pereira from Globo tv, which will be released later this year in Brazil.

“I am grateful to have been able to learn so much about such a dynamic industry, and to have been able to work with so many talented people. Film is a collaborative process, and working with great people is a continuing learning experience. Thrilling audiences around the world is the ultimate reward.”

From the time he saw Indiana Jones and the The Last Crusade, he knew he had to become a filmmaker, and now he would love to collaborate someday with Steven Spielberg. That and more is likely on the horizon for this talented filmmaker.

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Introducing Producer / Director Humberto Rosa

Bringing Award-Winning Work to World-Wide Audiences

(February, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA) From a very young age Humberto Rosa was sure he wanted to become a filmmaker. Born Humberto Gomes da Rosa in Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro. He began by working with his college administration in advertising, where he did his first filmmaking. At age twenty he began film school Universidade estacio de Sá campus Tom Jobim, Rio de Janeiro, where he founded Red Line Films.

In 2014 he directed an ad campaign with his partner Thairon Mendes and Luiz Osório called Transito Amigo that earned a Cannes Lion.

He shot an ad for the champagne Lamborghini  (same brand of the car) with the top model Eugenia Kuzmina, who is the wife of Bill Block at Miramax, which they shot at Bill’s home.

Currently working in Los Angeles, he now has six titles in development, and an astounding twenty-six completed film and video titles working with some of the biggest talents in the industry both in Brazil and the US!

In development is The Method (formerly The Assistant) the story of an ambitious Hollywood assistant who finds herself in a hellish, life-or-death situation when she agrees to live in isolation with an overbearing Method actor who wants an extreme experience far from civilization, while preparing for his next role. Humberto is the director and executive producer, with well known talent attached like Nicky Whelan, Costas Mandylor, and Christopher Showerman.

He is producing Subliminal with Warren Zide producer of American Pie and the Final Destination franchise.

Completed are Don't Look Back written by Jeff Howard (The Haunting of Hill House) and has earned an astounding 17 awards, and 16 nominations.

He is a co-producer of 2119 with Edimilson filho directed by respected Brazilian director Edmilson Filho shot in the USA.

His horror feature Invoked was released in theaters in Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonésia, was also released in North America, Central America and Europe on Netflix, and is now available on Amazon.

A Consulting Producer on Malady, a horror movie shot in the US about a group of friends who decide to escape the daily hustle and bustle of LA, by going on a camping adventure. But when they encounter an infected man, their adventure soon turns to the fight for survival and now they must escape the Malady.

And producer of Lisa Haisha’s web series, he also interviewed her husband Lee Aaronsohn creator of Two and a Half Men and executive producer (83 episodes) and writer (43 episodes) of The Big Bang Theory.

In 2019 he coproduced a Brazilian horror feature film entitled Meu ódio é minha herança with recognized performers from Brazil like Andre Mattos (Narcos) and Tonico Pereira from Globo tv, which will be released later this year in Brazil.

He is executive producer and producer of a major Brazilian comedy feature film entitled Solteira Quase Surtando that will be released this March 12 at major theaters throughout Brazil.

“I am grateful to have been able to learn so much about such a dynamic industry, and to have been able to work with so many talented people. Film is a collaborative process, and working with great people is a continuing learning experience. Thrilling audiences around the world is the ultimate reward.”

From the time he saw Indiana Jones and the The Last Crusade, he knew he had to become a filmmaker, and now he would love to collaborate someday with Steven Spielberg. That and more is likely on the horizon for this talented filmmaker.

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