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"A dream you dream together becomes reality."
BERNARD HILLER CEO | Celebrity Acting Coach, Performance and Business Trainer
The world does not need more information or more techniques. It needs people who are fully alive, authentic, and passionate. That requires transformation. You cannot create an extraordinary life by making ordinary choices. For more than three decades, Bernard has challenged the traditional rules of acting, performance, communication, leadership, and personal development. His work is built upon one uncompromising truth: Your success will never grow beyond the person you are willing to become. Recognized as one of the world’s most sought-after celebrity acting and performance trainer, Bernard is also an acclaimed communication, personal development, and business trainer. His groundbreaking methods have reshaped lives and careers across entertainment, entrepreneurship, and executive leadership. His clients have won Academy Awards, Emmys, Tonys, BAFTAs, and Grammys, launched international careers, built global businesses, and become influential leaders in their fields.
Bernard has coached some of the most celebrated names in entertainment, including Jeff Goldblum, Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, LL Cool J, Jamie Dornan, Vanessa Hudgens, Lionel Richie, A.R. Rahman, Billy Crystal, Emma Roberts, Suki Waterhouse, Jennifer Garner, Tyga, and Chace Crawford, to name just a few. Bernard’s transformational coaching goes beneath the performance to confront the fear, conditioning, self-doubt, and emotional barriers that prevent people from fully expressing who they are. You cannot transform an audience while hiding your unique gifts and talent. Through this process, people reconnect with their charisma, joy, and inner power. At the center of his philosophy is one principle that transcends every profession: The messenger is always more important than the message—whether in acting, public speaking, performing, business, or leadership.
Bernard has led sold-out acting workshops, public-speaking masterclasses, leadership programs, and business seminars in more than 26 countries, reaching tens of thousands of people. His workshops and programs have featured legendary figures including Al Pacino, Bryan Cranston, Brian Cox, Baz Luhrmann, Lionel Richie, and Nadja Swarovski, alongside influential CAA agents, managers, Emmy Award-winning casting directors, Oscar-winning producers, and directors. He has also trained leading public speakers, opera singers, ballet dancers, musicians, and luxury-brand executives, revealing one universal truth: Fear does not discriminate by profession—and neither does greatness. His corporate communication and leadership training includes work with American Express, Swarovski, Volkswagen, and AT&T, helping executives and leadership teams rethink how they influence, inspire, motivate, and connect. Whether speaking to thousands, performing before a camera, or extraordinary communication that awakens something in others. It makes them believe, trust, and act.
An internationally acclaimed, award-winning author, screenwriter, producer, and director, Bernard has been featured on television, major podcasts, and in publications worldwide. He has hosted prestigious international film festivals and high-profile business events while continuing to explore and teach the power of instincts, authenticity, joy, love, and human potential.
His work has received support from prominent figures and organizations including Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Les Brown, and Mindvalley. Today, his mission remains deeply personal: To awaken the superstar within every human being.
SANDRA DESOUSA Teacher
Sandra DeSousa started her 15-year theatrical career in London, England. She trained at many prestigious schools including Central School of Speech and Drama, The Actor’s Temple – under Sandy Meisner’s protégé Tom Radcliffe and The Poor School. After several years of touring with a Repertory Company and upon winning an International acting competition, she fortuitously met Bernard Hiller over 8 years ago. This meeting proved to be very influential as she became one of the founding members of The London Masterclass and began working with Bernard and employing his techniques in her own career which led to further roles in British TV shows and US features. Sandra also started coaching actors in London and Los Angeles. She has relocated to L.A. to pursue her acting goals, continue writing, and practice as a holistic health adviser. Sandra teaches the Introductory Course at the Bernard Hiller Studio.
DUSTIN KERLS Audition Coach
Dustin Kerls started his acting career in the Theatre, at the age of 5, and transitioned over to Film and Television at 18. After several years of working on the Colorado circuit – and finishing college, Dustin moved to LA to continue with his acting career. It was there when he met Bernard, in 2004. He realized how beneficial and necessary Bernard’s technique was, not only in his acting but for his life. Over the last 16 years, Dustin continues to articulate Bernard’s work, as his assistant and audition coach.
