Psychology Tools for Writers, Directors and Actors

a four-day intensive course in Crete

Identity

The Key Dramatic Question

In this unique intensive course, BAFTA-nominated director, screenwriter, and therapist Liviu Tipurita deconstructs the crucial dramatic question of character identity in documentary, fiction, and psychology. He illustrates his analysis through case studies from his own work and wider cinema.

He introduces a model of the human mind based on hypnosis, NLP, and neuroscience, offering practical psychology tools that can be used by directors, writers, and actors to create compelling characters and tell engaging stories.

This original course is created and taught by Liviu, who has extensive practical knowledge in writing, directing, acting, and psychology.

The course includes practical exercises, psychological tests, and discussions of psychological experiments and principles. It introduces the essential building blocks of creating an identity. It explores concepts such as emotions, beliefs, values, homeostasis, decisions, meaning, rapport, motivation, conflict, and change - the elements that reveal the key dynamics between the conscious and unconscious mind in the pyramid of identity.

Liviu Tipurita, course tutor

Writer/Director/Producer/Therapist

Liviu Tipurita is a Bafta-nominated Director/Writer. He has worked in television for 25 years with flagship TV documentary strands in the UK and US – at the BBC, CHANNEL 4, ITV, CNN, NBC, CBS and ARTE. He has won numerous prestigious international awards including The George Polk Award for Investigation, The Foreign Press Award (twice)  and The Royal Television Society Award.

For an important part of his career, Liviu specialised in investigative documentaries. He has worked undercover to expose gangsters trafficking women, children, human organs, drugs, and weapons. His documentaries feature several major international police investigations.

Liviu also works in fiction. He has written three feature-length scripts and has written, directed and produced an independent feature film, Luck. He is currently co-writing a 10-part-television series with Andre Koji, the lead actor in Warrior.

Liviu is a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA), Directors UK and the Royal Television Society (RTS).

Liviu has a particular interest in psychology and neuroscience. He is a fully qualified hypnotherapist with over 12 years of clinical experience and a practice in London’s world-famous Harley Street.

Liviu is a full member of UK’s National Council of Hypnotherapy (NCH). He is also an NLP practitioner (trained by Richard Bandler co-creator of NLP).

Extracts of this course have been taught by Liviu at prestigious film schools and film festivals through Masterclasses.