The incredibly talented Eliza Jane Schneider is an actor, singer, and dialect coach, who set out to travel the country (in an ambulance) and eventually the rest of the English speaking world collecting sounds of dialects from everywhere during the pre-internet days, which she assumed would take a month. But 30 years later, she’s still at it! I'm a big fan of Eliza's going back to her work on “Beakman's World.” She's received critical acclaim for her one-woman show, Freedom of Speech, which she's expanding into a podcast!. If you're in the Portland, Oregon, area, you can attend her podcast launch event on January 6th (link below). Hope to see you there!
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ELIZA JANE SCHNEIDER is a noted voice actor and dialect coach, whose clients include celebrities and Oscar® winners. Her expert ear and years of study as a musician and singer, allow her to master almost any accent with ease.
She voiced eight regular series characters and hundreds of additional voices for the hit animated series South Park. Her extensive list of credits includes voices for films, television and video games, including Finding Nemo, King of the Hill, Batman, The Cleveland Show, Assassin’s Creed, LEGO Dimensions, Skylanders, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, to name just a few.
Eliza has studied, recorded, and taught dialects at UCLA, AFTRA, and the SAG Conservatory at AFI Hollywood. She is also the creator of the Internet Dialect Database, for which she has traveled the globe to capture samples of authentic dialects.
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