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David Lee Strasberg serves as Creative Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles and New York. The world famous Institute was founded by Lee and Anna Strasberg in 1969 and serves as an international center for training method actors. The Institute also features the new Lee Strasberg Digital Film School that nurtures the personal visions and skills of new directors.
Strasberg has produced short films and dozens of plays over the past four years with The Group at Strasberg, an in-house production company based at the not-for-profit Lee Strasberg Creative Center in Los Angeles. The company is dedicated to presenting new works from today's bravest young artists, utilizing an ensemble of emerging artistic voices. To date, The Group at Strasberg has had the pleasure of producing the First American Revival of Marl Kemble's Blacklist play titled Names; the west coast premiere of A Bicycle Country by Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz; a workshop production of Sarah Schulman's Love Creates Worlds; the world premiere workshop of Patricia Cardoso's Jose Gregorio; and the critically acclaimed world stage premiere of Rodrigo Garcia's Ten Tiny Love Stories to name a few.
Before taking the reigns of the Lee Strasberg Institute, Strasberg served under Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan for five years. He was a member of the Economic Development team rebuilding Los Angeles and attracting new businesses after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Among other responsibilities, he served as Senior Policy and Budget Analyst overseeing the L.A. Fire Department, Information Technology Agency and Cultural Affairs Department.
Strasberg was born and raised in New York City, has a Masters in Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and two Bachelor of Art degrees from Brown University. He is married to entertainment attorney Lindsey Strasberg and the father of Gwendolyn, Scarlett and Sawyer.
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