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‘John Wick’ Director Chad Stahelski Credits Academy With “Really Doing Their Homework” In Order To Honor Stunt Community At Oscars


More than 30 years after embarking on his Hollywood stunt career, Chad Stahelski was among those tapped by the Academy to figure out how to recognize the field.

More than 30 years after embarking on his Hollywood stunt career, Chad Stahelski is praising the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for finally recognizing the field. Before making his directorial debut with John Wick in 2014, Stahelski got his start doing stunts on films like The Crow(1994), Escape from L.A.(1996), Alien Resurrection(1997), The Matrix(1999), Spider-Man 2(2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith(2005), Live Free or Die Hard(2007), Rambo(2008) and The Hunger Games(2012). Having since built a $1 billion franchise along with John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad, Stahelski told me the team behind Ballerina is in “our last little stages” of editing the spin-off starring Ana de Armas.

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