John Frey, an actor and screenwriter who taught acting in Lisbon, Portugal, and at the William Esper Studio in Manhattan, died Jan.
23 of heart failure in New York, his friend Frank Coelho announced. He was 62. The Bronx-born Frey graduated from the William Esper Studio, then returned in 2019 to teach the Meisner acting technique. "An artist pure of heart and generous of spirit has been taken from us far too soon," reads a statement on the studio's website. "John was a critically acclaimed director, award-winning screenwriter and among the most respected acting technique teachers in the world." Frey collaborated as an actor and/or screenwriter with Portuguese filmmaker Bruno de Almeida on such features as On the Run (1999), The Collection.
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