Douglas Nyback is the co-owner of Monolith Pictures in New York and Toronto (Arial Unit Production Company for COBU 3D in Louisiana and New York, Production Company for “The Barrens”, upcoming Darren Lynn Bousman feature film shooting in September 2011), as well as a producer and writer with Appulse Films in Toronto (Which just completed production on it’s first feature film “Verona” in which he also played a supporting role). A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, Douglas is an award winning screenwriter and highly sought after acting coach. He has four optioned feature film screenplays in various stages of development, including the award winning “Not Quite November” (Laurel Award, Canada International Film Festival, 2010), the dark comedy “Falling Forward” and most recently, a hard-hitting drama “Innocence” and the horror film “Ascension” (Co-Written with Michael Goodin). His short films “As The Leaves Fall” and “Coming Around” have won numerous awards at various film festivals across the United States.

In addition to his experience as an emerging producer and screenwriter he brings extensive experience as an actor. His film and television credits include HBO’s Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, Jim Sheridan’s “Dream House”, Aaron Poole’s “Untitled Conspiracy Film”, Mike Nichols’ “Breadcrumbs” which recently debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, episodes of Global TV’s “The Best Years”, CBC’s “Being Erica”. His theatre credits include lead roles in The
Odyssey and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the official Shakespearean Theatre of Maine and Picasso in Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Douglas has been a resident coach at Armstrong Acting Studios for over two years.