Private Coaching
Preparing for an audition or rehearsing for film or TV? Gillian will arrange individual sessions in our studio or at your home.
Book a SessionOn-Camera Acting Coach
TRAIN WITH THE EYE OF A DIRECTOR. PERFORM WITH THE CONFIDENCE OF A PRO.
Transform your performance.
Elevate your career.
Based In
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative hub. A supportive community. A place where artists come to grow, collaborate, and build real careers.
World-class training. Local heart. Real results for actors who are ready. You'll learn how directors think, what they're watching for, how to respond confidently to adjustments, and how to become the actor everyone wants to work with again.
Gillian Arnold Atlas
You Bring The Drive. I'll Bring The Direction.
Real-World Industry Experience
Decades of on-set and on-camera expertise that gets results.
Personalized Coaching
Tailored guidance to unlock your unique strengths and truth.
On-Camera Mastery
Camera confidence, authentic performance, booking power.
Career Elevation
Strategic support to help you stand out and book more.
Learn What Directors Need. Become The Actor They Remember.
Beyond Acting Class. Real Preparation For Real Productions. Gain insight into the storytelling, pacing and the character decisions that shape every scene.
Let's Work Together
My mission is to get you to walk onto every set ready.
I'm Gillian Arnold Atlas, an award-winning director, producer, and on-camera acting coach with more than 40 years of international experience in television and film. Having directed hundreds of episodes of acclaimed drama and unscripted television across Australia and Asia, I bring a director's eye to every performance. Known for helping actors deliver truthful, compelling work on camera, I combine real-world industry expertise with a supportive coaching style that prepares actors for auditions, television, film, commercials, streaming, social media content and beyond — or just to have fun.
Success Stories
What Actors Are Saying
Gillian has an exceptional ability to tune into each individual actor and find the specific notes and directions to give each person to assist in finding a deeper, more connected level of work.
Adam Pietriapaoli Actor Gillian has an exceptional ability to tune into each individual actor and find the specific notes and directions to give each person to assist in finding deeper, more connected levels of work. She is sharp and highly imaginative and helps her students expand their craft in all ways.
Meg MacRae Actor I love how Gillian's class teaches us to be more adaptable to the moment-to-moment changes and helps us to understand what is required of us on set. I recommend this class to anyone of any skill level. You will walk away more confident and a much better actor than when you started.
Chris Jablen Actor Work With Gillian
Acting Training & Coaching
Online Coaching
Can't make it to the studio? Work with Gillian one-on-one over video from anywhere — the same personalized coaching, wherever you are.
Start OnlineTaking Direction Workshop
A 4-week intensive workshop designed to get you out of your comfort zone and into the moment — acting from a director's perspective.
Register NowOnline Audition Feedback
Work with Gillian on perfecting your audition tape. Submit online and use video conferencing to refine it until it's ready to send to the casting agent.
Get FeedbackTV Series Intensive
Television is its own craft — building a character over months while adapting to evolving storylines and demanding schedules. This specialised coaching covers fast-paced production, long-term character development, continuity across episodes, quick responses to script rewrites, on-set adjustments after director feedback, collaborating with directors and crew, and delivering consistent performances under pressure. These are the practical skills actors usually don't learn until they're already on set — you'll learn them before you get there.
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Ready To Do The Work?
Reach out to schedule a session, register for a workshop, or ask a question. Gillian personally responds to every inquiry.