Indeed, perhaps a more apt analogy from acting would be the many famous actors who trained under Lee Strasberg (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, Ellen Burstyn and others).
Strasberg in turn was a student of the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavski[1].
Strasberg in turn was a student of the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavski[1].
And so it goes.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting