Brian Smrz
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Brian Smrz (/smɜːrʃ/; born c. 1960), also Brian Delaney Smrz, is a Hollywood stunt coordinator and second unit director of projects such as Mission: Impossible 2, Live Free or Die Hard, Taxi, Eagle Eye, Night at the Museum, Windtalkers, Iron Man 3, and Superman Returns, among others. He is also the director of Hero Wanted, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ray Liotta, and of 24 Hours to Live, starring Ethan Hawke and Xu Qing. He won the Taurus Award twice and was nominated for a third time. Smrz has worked as a stunt performer and stunt coordinator on Hollywood films since 1981. In more recent years, he has acted as second unit director and director on projects such as Hero Wanted, Fantastic Four, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Predator, and Face/Off. He has worked on several of director John Woo's American films, including Windtalkers, Pay cheque, and Mission: Impossible 2. Smrz shared a Taurus Award for stunt work on Mission: Impossible 2 and Live Free or Die Hard. He was also nominated for Taxi. In an otherwise negative review of Taxi, Variety praised Smrz's stunts. Hero Wanted is his directorial debut. It is a crime drama/action film starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ray Liotta, and Norman Reedus. Shooting occurred in Sofia and Bulgaria with a crew composed mostly of Bulgarians. Smrz is from Strafford, Pennsylvania, and was the brother of the stuntman Brett Smrz, who died while performing a stunt jump off a building. Smrz was hospitalised after a stunt went wrong in 1992 on Cyborg 2. The incident was investigated by the Screen Actors Guild. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Smrz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieThe Adam Project
2022
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Predator
2018
Stunt Coordinator
movieLive Free or Die Hard
2007
Stunt Coordinator
movieTaxi
2004
Stunt Coordinator
movieSigns
2002
Stunt Coordinator
movieMinority Report
2002
Stunt Coordinator
movieWindtalkers
2002
Stunt Coordinator
movieVanilla Sky
2001
Stunt Coordinator
movieUnbreakable
2000
Stunts
movieMission: Impossible II
2000
Stunt Coordinator
movieInspector Gadget
1999
Stunt Coordinator
movieBlade
1998
Stunts
movieMen in Black
1997
Stunt Coordinator
movieFace/Off
1997
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Relic
1997
Stunt Coordinator
movieBarb Wire
1996
Stunts
movieBroken Arrow
1996
Stunt Coordinator
movieSudden Death
1995
Stunt Coordinator
movieGet Shorty
1995
Stunt Coordinator
movieCongo
1995
Stunts
movieCasper
1995
Stunts
movieColor of Night
1994
Stunts
movieThe Flintstones
1994
Stunts
movieCyborg 2
1993
Stunts
movieA Perfect World
1993
Stunts
movieJurassic Park
1993
Stunts
movieThe Sandlot
1993
Stunts
movieAlive
1993
Stunts
movieBatman Returns
1992
Stunts
moviePoison Ivy
1992
Stunts
movieSyngenor
1990
Stunts
movieStreet Asylum
1990
Stunt Coordinator
movieContra Conspiracy
1990
Stunt Coordinator
movieSecond Sight
1989
Stunts
movieTime Trackers
1989
Stunts
movieDeath by Dialogue
1988
Stunt Coordinator
movieTwice Dead
1988
Stunts
movieSide Roads
1988
Stunt Coordinator
movieDeadly Stranger
1988
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Dead Pool
1988
Stunts
movieBeach Balls
1988
Stunts
movieOff Limits
1988
Stunts
movieBig Bad Mama II
1987
Stunts
movieQuiet Cool
1986
Stunts
movieRuthless People
1986
Stunts
movieF/X
1986
Stunts
movieKey Exchange
1985
Stunts
movieThe Protector
1985
Stunts
movieGrace Quigley
1985
Stunt Driver
movieExterminator 2
1984
Stunts
movieTaps
1981
Stunts
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movieExpend4bles
2023
Second Unit Director
movieShazam! Fury of the Gods
2023
Second Unit Director
movieThe Adam Project
2022
Second Unit Director
movieGhostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Second Unit Director
movieVenom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Second Unit Director
movieLove and Monsters
2020
Second Unit Director
movieDark Phoenix
2019
Second Unit Director
movieThe Predator
2018
Second Unit Director
movie24 Hours to Live
2017
Director
movieX-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Second Unit Director
movieFantastic Four
2015
Second Unit Director
movieX-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
Second Unit Director
movieIron Man 3
2013
Second Unit Director
movieThis Means War
2012
Second Unit Director
movieRise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Second Unit Director
movieX-Men: First Class
2011
Second Unit Director
movieThe Hangover Part II
2011
Second Unit Director
movieKnight and Day
2010
Second Unit Director
movieSurrogates
2009
Second Unit Director
movieWhiteout
2009
Second Unit Director
movieX-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
Second Unit Director
movieEagle Eye
2008
Second Unit Director
movieHero Wanted
2008
Director
movieLive Free or Die Hard
2007
Second Unit Director
movieNight at the Museum
2006
Second Unit Director
movieSuperman Returns
2006
Second Unit Director
movieFantastic Four
2005
Second Unit Director
movieTaxi
2004
Second Unit Director
moviePaycheck
2003
Second Unit Director
movieX2
2003
Second Unit Director
movieMinority Report
2002
Second Unit Director
movieWindtalkers
2002
Second Unit Director
movieMission: Impossible II
2000
Second Unit Director
movieContra Conspiracy
1990
Second Unit Director
