Michelle Danner

Michelle Danner is a film and stage director, an author, and a world-renowned acting coach. She has taught the Golden Box Acting workshops in South America, Europe, Canada, Dubai, New York, and Australia. It was her father, Alexander Valdez, who opened the very first William Morris Agency in Paris, France, that instilled a strong passion and work ethic that has stayed with her throughout her life.

Michelle has taught acting for the last 27 years and has worked with many A-list actors privately and on set including: Henry Cavill, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Zooey Deschanel, Penelope Cruz, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek, James Franco, Seth Macfarlane, Michelle Rodriguez, Isla Fisher, Luke Wilson, Emily Van Camp, Donald Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, Mireille Enos, Taryn Manning, Ryan Phillippe, Chris Rock, Enrique Murciano, Josh Bowman and many others. Throughout the years she was voted the favorite acting coach by Backstage readers. She was brought in for her expert coaching on the WB show The Starlet and was featured with Andy Richter on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Michelle trained extensively in Paris and New York with Stella Adler and Uta Hagen.