Instructor Bio

Billy Cowart

William Cowart started acting in 1979 and has been continuously working and building a career ever since. Over 60 plays and numerous Film and T.V. credits fill out his resume. He has worked as a Supervising Producer for Storytellerz and 6 Reel Pictures (NICHE, HANK &EDGAR and CACTUS ) as well as a feature film writer for Emmet/Furla Films and Ross Bell (Producer of FIGHTCLUB and KILLBILL) and Fogleaf Media. He has worked as a casting associate with several casting directors, as a film development associate, as a director, is on the Board of Directors for the organization San Diego Film Makers and is currently Co-Producing the feature Film B-Girl. He brings a passion, knowledge, and love to the craft that is contagious. These dynamic courses have been developed out of years of training, experience and exploration in all aspects of Theatre, Improv, Film, and Television production.

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Rick Calvert

Rick Calvert co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in his first short film, "A Day at the Airport" at the tender age of 11.  While the box office gross was nominal - about eight dollars and 73 cents - it was just enough to launch a career that has spanned over three decades. On the set of his dad's late-night TV show in Minneapolis in the early 1960's, Rick always felt right at home both in front of and behind the cameras and microphones. A 1980 graduate of Brown College in Minneapolis, Rick set out on a career in radio that spanned 20 years, including production director positions at some of San Diego's best radio stations; Rock 102.1 (now 105.3), KOGO AM 600 and Q-106 back in the early days of Jeff & Jer.. 

Rick wrote and produced a series of memorable TV spots in the mid 1990's for "Saturn Auto Insurance" in San Diego and acquired somewhat of a cult following.  The quirky tongue-in-cheek TV ads featured a man-on-the-street (Rick), talking to the interviewee, a "complete stranger at random", who was always the same guy. 

He has also done voiceover work for PC and PlayStation games such as "Beavis and Butthead do U" with Mike Judge, "Duckman" with Tim Curry and Dweezil Zappa and "Frogger: The Great Quest", one of the best-selling PS2 games ever. 

Rick began intense actor training with Robert Wald in 1993 and then with Billy Cowart in 1999.
 
After years of study, Rick now shares his unique and diverse background and experience as WCI Studio's newest instructor.

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Lisa Porter, MFT, RDT- BCT is a licensed marriage and family therapist and board certified trainer in drama therapy. In addition, she has extensive experience in mind/body work and the arts. She is in private practice, taught psychology at MiraCosta College and has been published twice in the "International Journal for the Arts in Psychotherapy." Lise is currently writing a book, Heart Matters: Returning to What is Vital and has completed two full length screenplays. Her primary commitment in life is to helping others find and liberate their soul's most unique expression and to aiding others in their journey towards wholeness, self-acceptance and inner peace. You can view her website at www.liseporter.com.