Anthony Batista
Anthony Batista (AFTRA, SAG Eligible) is an actor, writer, and director. He has recently graduated from the Esper Studio 2 year Meisner training program. He also went through all levels, as well as several of the elective classes, at The PIT. His teachers include founder Ali Farahnakian, Kurt Braunohler, Ptolemy Slocum, Matt Donnelly, Rebeka Johnson, Chris Grace, Pat Shay and Eric Davis. Anthony performed for two years with PIT house team The Wilhelm. Anthony also produces videos with The Action Pals, whose videos have more than one million views on YouTube and have been featured on Comedy Central's "Tosh.0," G4 TV, Collegehumor.com and Atom.com. Anthony also writes and produces music, which has been featured in films in the New York Film and TV Festival, Kurt and Kristen's "Penelope: Princess of Pets," Baby Phat, the New York Times's Jet Blue Channel and Victorinox Swiss Army. In addition to being a fashion photographer, shooting for major modeling agencies in NYC, he is also a full-time DJ who has built a reputation for detonating dance floors at some of New York's hottest nightclubs.