With a wicked understanding of human motivation gained through in depth study, personal practice, application and 3 decades of teaching the behavioral arts Thomas is a unique hybrid and talent in todays fast paced, live, creator content, inspired market place. Targeting audiences in regards to product placements is a specialty.Tom Ardavany tackles his vision from the page to production, harnessing the depths of the creative process to carry his story through, bring it to life in his actors, and fulfill a powerful visual story on-screen. A writer and director of stage and film Thomas has written 20 feature length screenplays, hundreds of short films and a half a dozen stage plays. He’s directed two feature films, eleven shorts and four plays, one of which he received a Best director award (Miguel Pinero’s Pulitzer Prize winning play ‘Short Eyes’). When not on the set or behind his computer knocking out another draft, he’s leading many of his actors to their ripest dramatic performances as a world-class coach. His clients include Neal McDonough, Josh Holloway, Clayne Crawford and Matt Gerald, each having benefitted from Tom's deep seeded creative reservoir of experience in developing and crafting talent. Having founded the Ardavany Approach to On-Camera Mastery (www.AAActingStudio.com) 25 years ago, he has cultivated a unique acting lab geared toward serving the needs of the 21st century actor and filmmaker. Tom's 3 decade cumulative experience, being totally immersed in the filmmaking and performance arts makes him a leader in the creative community which inspires and motivates him daily to learn and accomplish more in his field. Tom has exceptional hosting capabilities as well. He produces and hosts a public radio show on KLBP 99.1fm in LongBeach called 'Indie Creators in the Joy Zone" a two hour show twice a week. In response to the 'Actors on Acting' series that he hosts, one of Tom’s students wrote the following:“I just wanted to say Thank You for last night’s event. It was a great experience for me. The way you set everything up, the questions, the ride that you took us on was priceless, inspiring and SO DAMN MOTIVATING! It was like 'Inside the Actors Studio' but so much better! You could give Mr. Lipton a run for his money! All of us talked about what we received and learned all the way back to San Diego. Truly I am blessed to be your student... thank you for what you share, I pray that you will be blessed, that all that you do for us will come back to you and that you know how much enrich the lives of your students.”