Carlos Thions
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Born in Mexico City, February 4th 1973. Carlos Thions studied at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 1993-1995; pursuing a BFA in
Acting. In 1995, he returned to México, where he met
Myron J. Gold, then Artistic Director of
the Theatre Workshop of Mexico. In December of that year, he played
Victor in Four Dogs and a Bone, by
John Patrick Shanley. He was then
invited by Casting Director, Manuel Teil, to
audition for a part in
Carlos García Agraz's
The Last Call (1996). He was
cast as Junior, a young grass roots film producer. Not long after that,
he was invited to join the two year program at the New Actors Workshop
(1996-1998), headed by
Mike Nichols,
Paul Sills and George Morisson. He decided to
get this professional training, developed from the techniques of
Strasberg, Spolin, Meisner, Linklater and Grotowsky, amongst others, in
New York.Back in Mexico, he participated in various film and theater
projects: Assistant Director in Mauricio Jiménez' Puerto Infinito;
playing El Francés in
Christian González's
grassroots movie
La banda del Antrax (2002).
In 2005, in Los Angeles, California, he collaborated either as an actor
or as Production Assistant in five student projects at USC's Peter
Stark Program. He attended the Ivana Chubbuck Studio. He now acts,
teaches and coaches in Paris, France.
