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Dr Damian Foley

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: d.foley@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3970-7743

Damian is a Diploma of Screen Performance lecturer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Background

Since graduating from the Acting course at WAAPA (1992), Damian moved to Sydney to work as a freelance actor and screen acting tutor. Since returning to Perth Damian has recently completed his Doctor of Philosophy (2022) inspired by filmmakers including Mike Leigh, John Cassavetes and Lynn Shelton and the improvisational acting techniques of Sandford Meisner. Damian is a lecturer for the Diploma of Screen Performance and tutors screen acting for the Bachelor of Acting students with a focus on Meisner and other improvisational acting techniques.

Professional associations

  • 1992 - Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2022.
  • TAE40110 Cert IV in Training and Assessment, Edith Cowan University, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Communications Major in Screen Studies, Edith Cowan University, 2006.
  • Diploma of Performing Arts Theatre, Edith Cowan University, 1992.
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