Today we’d like to introduce you to Dustin Whitehead. He and his team shared their story with us below:
Dustin Whitehead is an actor and filmmaker from Chicago, IL. Dustin can be seen in numerous independent films and nationally televised shows Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, and Your Worst Nightmare. His feature film, Bruiser, in which he played the lead role, co-wrote, and co-produced, played at the Sarasota Film Festival, The Spirit of Independence Film Festival in London, The Silent River Film Festival in LA (*Best Actor Award), and the Southeastern Film Festival. Dustin is a co-founder and Artistic Director of Local Cinema Studios. He was the director and a producer on the Local Cinema Studios film HERO. Dustin is currently teaching acting at The University of South Carolina. He received his BFA in Performance from Jacksonville University and MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He also studied filmmaking in Singapore at NYU Tisch.
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I am an actor and a filmmaker. One of my biggest challenges is balancing those two journeys and knowing when it makes sense for them to overlap on a project.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I teach acting for the camera at The University of South Carolina and am an artistic director at Local Cinema Studios. localcinemastudios.
What do you think about happiness?
The process of collaborative creation on stage or screen makes me happy.
Contact Info:
- Website: localcinemastudios.
com - Instagram: localcinemastudios
- Facebook: https://www.
facebook.com/ thelocalcinemastudios
Image Credits
Photos by Sadie Whitehead
