MARY MCDONALD-‐LEWIS dialect coach REPRESENTATION: Dialect Coaches Worldwide • Pamela Vanderway +1 323.251.1944 • dialectcoaches.com • Pamela@DialectCoaches.com
Selected film, television and theater projects on which I have served as language & dialect designer.
PROJECTS FILM & TELEVISION Green Room – Broad Green Pictures American English Client: Patrick Stewart (British actor)
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles – Lifetime Vintage Mid Atlantic Client: Jessy Schram
Max and Me – Dos Corazones Polish, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Latin Clients: Hector Elizondo, Neal McDonough, Billy West, Jess Harnell, Phil LaMar, Clyde Kusatsu, Maurice LaMarche
Valley of Light – Hallmark Hall of Fame North Carolina, Tidewater region circa 1945 Clients: All lead actors, including Stephen Tobolowsky, Robert Prosky, Gretchen Mol, Jay O. Sanders, Chris Klein, Jeff Perry, Geoff Pierson
Twilight – Maverick Films American English Client: Robert Pattinson (British actor)
Front of the Class – Hallmark Hall of Fame Tourette Syndrome – See my work here: http://bit.ly/GzRli6 Clients: Leads James Wolk, Dominic Scott Kay
Leverage – Electric Entertainment Hundreds of dialects/languages; series’ coach – watch: http://tinyurl.com/a6zepxk Clients: All leads - Timothy Hutton, Christian Kane, Aldis Hodge, Gina Bellman (British actress), Beth Reisgraf; all guest stars using language and dialect, including Jeri Ryan, Bruce Davison, Giancarlo Esposito, Brian Goodman, Elisabetta Canalis, David Meunier among many others Grimm – Universal TV Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Middle English, Norwegian, Nahuatl, Icelandic, Scots Gaelic, Spanish, Romanian, Slovene, “Grimmish” languages, etc.; numerous dialects; series’ coach Clients: All leads – Sasha Roiz, David Guintoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell; all guest stars using language and dialect.
Smile as Big as the Moon – Hallmark Hall of Fame Asperger’s Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Intellectual disability, ADD-ADHD Clients: All non-adult leads Being Human – Muse Entertainment Enterprises American English Client: Dichen Lachman (Australian actress) Dollhouse – 20th Century Fox Television/Joss Whedon Received Pronunciation; Chaucerian Middle English Clients: Arye Gross, Dichen Lachman (Australian actress) Falling Skies – Dreamworks Television Received Pronunciation Client: Jessy Schram
The Lennon Report – Francisco Productions Barbara Kammerer (real life person) Client: Stef Dawson
Freelance – Coach many clients from film and television like Gina Bellman, Aldis Hodge, Dichen Lachman, Sasha Roiz, Silas Weir Mitchell, Jessy Schram and many others for auditions, commercial work, etc.