Doug Warhit has been one of LA's steady on-camera teachers for decades, named among the city's top coaches by Backstage West and the Hollywood Reporter, and the author of Book the Job and four other audition craft books. His classes moved fully online in the Zoom era and stayed there, taught from Los Angeles to a group that now includes students far beyond it.
All class work is performed on-camera and geared to television and film; every actor receives a recording of their work each session, which quietly doubles as self-tape practice. A monthly industry guest, a casting director, agent, or manager, observes class and takes questions, a fixture of Warhit's format for years. New students begin with a one-hour private on-camera session with Warhit, who is also a licensed psychotherapist, and a free class audit is offered by email or phone.
Rates and schedules are provided on request rather than published, and the former Wilshire Boulevard studio address you may find in directories is legacy. For actors who want seasoned on-camera coaching without leaving home, this is one of the most established online rooms with LA roots.
Techniques taught
- On-camera technique: Camera-specific craft: frame awareness, stillness, commercial and film/TV set behavior.
Class types
Enrollment and schedule
No audition is required. Entry via one-hour private on-camera intro session with Warhit to assess goals/level. Schedule: Class times and rates not published; provided on request by email/phone. Duration: Ongoing weekly group classes plus private coaching and self-tape sessions.
Audit, trial, or intro class
Yes. Free class audit offered; request via email or phone
Published pricing
This school does not publish tuition on its website. Contact the school directly for current rates. We never estimate or invent prices.
Instructors
- Doug Warhit, Owner / sole instructor. Teaches all classes; licensed psychotherapist and life coach; works each new student privately first
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Sources and verification
- Doug Warhit, home, accessed 2026-07-16
- Doug Warhit, Online Classes, accessed 2026-07-16
- Doug Warhit, About Doug, accessed 2026-07-16
- Yelp, Doug Warhit On-Camera Cold Reading & Scene Study, accessed 2026-07-16
Researched 2026-07-16, last verified 2026-07-16. Facts above come only from these sources. Anything we could not confirm is simply not shown. Report incorrect information or claim this listing if you represent the school.
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