Next Actor Studio

Next Actor Studio is a Houston-based acting school and production company founded in 2003 by San Banarje and Trisha Ray, offering on-camera acting workshops grounded in Stanislavski Method Acting, along with filmmaking, screenwriting, voice acting, and editing classes for adults, teens, and children. The studio is a SAG-AFTRA signatory and produces 2–3 feature films or series per year through its sister production company Lake Camp Productions, featuring working Hollywood talent and casting its own alumni in leading roles. It also hosts the annual NIFF Houston International Film Festival, which it founded in 2015 to showcase independent and foreign films.