Jim Johnson

  • Certification Level: Associate
  • Geographic Location: BELGIUM, Antwerp (Naedts)
  • Languages: Danish, English
  • Specialization: Private Coaching Speech & Dialects Acting Shakespeare
  • Institution Name

Associate Teacher (2000)

Professor Emeritus
University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance
USA
&
Artistic Associate
Prague Shakespeare Company
Prague, Czech Republic

Jim@AccentHelp.com
www.AccentHelp.com

Jim is founder of www.AccentHelp.com, the online dialect resource for actors, which currently offers materials for learning over 50 different accents. His work with AccentHelp takes him all over the world in search of native speaker recordings, including all over the US & Canada in his camper. He is also an Artistic Associate with the Prague Shakespeare company in the Czech Republic, where he and his wife teach at the Summer Shakespeare Intensive and regularly act and direct. http://pragueshakespeare.com/education.html

Jim Johnson is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Houston, teaching voice & accents in the BFA and MFA programs. He previously served as the Director of the School and Executive Director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival. Jim is a member of VASTA and Actors' Equity, and he coaches and directs professionally for theatre and camera.

Degrees & Institutions: MFA University of Nebraska-Lincoln; BA Buena Vista College.

Languages: English, Spanish

Specializations: Acting, Shakespeare, Speech & Dialects, Text Work, Private Coaching, Audition