Raymond Forchion, noted actor/writer/producer/director and Acting Career Enhancement Consultant began acting in theater at the age of seven. While on the National SAG Board, he helped design Screen Actors Guild's (now SAG-AFTRA's) newer Low-Budget Film Agreements and headed the Guild's L.A. Casting Committee for six years helping gain employment for thousands of union actors. A Lifetime Award Recipient from The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center, he's guest starred and co-starred in numerous TV series and films, long served as an acting coach and appeared in nearly 100 commercials. Ray has given his "Life Changing" motivational acting seminars and workshops around the world and coached hundreds of working actors, writers and directors for over 30 years. His controversial new System and Manual for actors, "The Actor's Bible: Jealously Guarded Secrets On How To Become A Successful Paid Actor In Hollywood... Or Anyplace Else!" is an innovative new approach to pursuing a career as a professional actor. Ray has also written, produced, directed and cast several of his and other plays and screenplays. In 1992 "Last Breeze of Summer," on which he served as associate producer was nominated for the Academy Award. A few of the notable artists Ray has worked with on stage and screen include; Joshua Logan, Burt Reynolds, Cliff Roberson, Kathryn Bigelow, Martin Sheen, Tom Wilkinson, Laura Dern, Ron Underwood, Ving Rhames, Kevin Spacey, Ed Begley, Jr., Will Sampson and Christopher Plummer,