Learn or Lose Any Accent or Dialect in 3 Easy Steps with Eliza Jane Schneider
Eliza Jane Schneider’s clients include celebrities, politicians, A-list directors like Oliver Stone, AAA game companies and major studios like Disney, Pixar, Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount, Fox, Dreamworks, Hulu, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. She is a sought-after lecturer for global forums such as VO Atlanta, and the VASTA Conferences in Singapore and Orlando, as well as legal conferences such as ATDA and DRI, teaching partners in international law firms "Mastering Vocal Power" to win cases and raise their bottom line on a world stage.
Eliza Jane Schneider has the unique distinction among Hollywood’s dialect coaches of having personally traveled to the hometowns of over 7,000 native speakers of various dialects of English throughout the world, in order to record their unadulterated native accents and listen to their stories. This vast research provides the foundation for her revolutionary teaching methods, which have been known to reduce actors’ dialect acquisition time by 90%.
A renowned, prolific acting veteran herself, she started on-camera in 60 countries as Liza on CBS’s Beakman’s World, and went on to voice the female population of Comedy Central’s South Park for several seasons, receiving the Best Solo Show award for her 34 character play “Freedom of Speech” at the NYCInternational Fringe Festival, as well as a 2018 BTVA Awards nomination for her performance as Mumbai doctor Rama for Agents of Mayhem. Eliza has countless credits in many popular animations and video games. As a coach, she has helped perfect the accents and dialects of beginners, Oscar winners, and the casts of Overwatch, Mafia 3, Resident Evil and Assassin’s Creed, among many others.
Schneider has an industry insider perspective on the time constraints, needs and pressures facing Hollywood’s casting professionals, voice directors, and agents when it comes to hiring actors. She also intrinsically understands what it’s like to be on-the-mic and on the clock, responsible for delivering multiple believable characters on cue.