8-627: Kim Krejus is an Australian stage, film, and television actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role in the 1978 film Mouth to Mouth , when she was just 19. She is the founder and artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne , Australia. Kim Krejus grew up in a Catholic household with an abusive alcoholic stepfather. She studied her craft under international acting teachers at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney , HB Studio (training under Uta Hagen ) and
16-465: A four-day workshop at 16th Street by visiting American acting coach and former stand-up comic Ivana Chubbuck (who had coached Charlize Theron and Halle Berry ), and praised the mentors at the school. Krejus turned to Buddhism to helped her deal with losing her sister to cancer when she was in her fifties. Mouth to Mouth (1978 film) Mouth to Mouth is a 1978 film directed by John Duigan . It stars Kim Krejus and Sonia Peat . It
24-540: A private coach for many successful Australian actors including Kestie Morassi and Luke Mitchell . Krejus is the founder and artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio, a training school for actors, in Melbourne, Australia. As of 2024, Iain Sinclair is head of acting at the school, and Deborra-Lee Furness is patron. In 2012, actress Zoe Naylor , who had graduated from drama school ten years earlier, attended
32-835: The Cremorne Theatre in South Brisbane and the Northside Theatre Company's production of A Small Family Business . She has also featured in Broadway productions in the United States, and in theatre across the UK. Krejus has taught acting various Australian tertiary institutions, including Victorian College of the Arts , NIDA , Bond University , Central Queensland University . She has also been
40-734: The Atlantic Theatre School in New York City, and Drama Centre London (where Colin Firth was a fellow student). In 1978, at the age of 19, Krejus was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film Mouth to Mouth . written and directed by John Duigan . She also featured on the small screen, including in the lead role in TV miniseries Joe Wilson . She has appeared on stage in productions such as The Heidi Chronicles at
48-421: The girls invite the two boys to stay on with them in the old factory. While Serge and Tim look for a job, the girls supplement the boy's dole cheques through petty theft from shops and supermarkets. Over time, the four become increasingly close, and manage to make a communal home together in the derelict factory. Carrie's ambitions for a better future place increasing strains on their friendship. Mouth to Mouth
56-410: The lives of four young people, trying to improve their lives in a harsh and unforgiving city. One night, after a fight with other inmates in a juvenile detention centre, Carrie and Jeanie escape and hide from the police in a derelict factory. Finding work in a roadside cafe, they meet Tim and Serge, two young country guys who have come to the city looking for work. After an eventful first night together,
64-528: Was nominated for three awards by the Australian Film Institute in 1978. The film was shot over four weeks in June and July 1977. Duigan later described it as "in my early period of film-making in Melbourne, the film that I value most. I feel it is closest to what I set out for - and probably was the first film that I got close to achieving what I set out to do." Mouth to Mouth follows
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