Brian Smrz

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Brian Smrz
Born1959 or 1960 (age 63–64)
Strafford, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Stunt coordinator, second-unit director, director

Brian Smrz (

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.

Career

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 and Face/Off. He has worked on several of director John Woo's American films, including Windtalkers, Paycheck and Mission: Impossible 2.[1]

Smrz shared a Taurus Award for stuntwork on Mission: Impossible 2[2] and Live Free or Die Hard.[3] He was also nominated for Taxi. In an otherwise negative review of Taxi, Variety praised Smrz's stunts.[4]

Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ray Liotta and Norman Reedus.[5] Shooting occurred in Sofia and Bulgaria with a crew composed mostly of Bulgarians.[6]

Personal life

Smrz is from Strafford, Pennsylvania and was the twin brother of the stuntman Brett Smrz, who died while performing a stunt jump off a building.[7] Smrz was hospitalized after a stunt went wrong in 1992 on Cyborg 2. The incident was investigated by the Screen Actors Guild.[8]

Filmography

Year Title Stunt coordinator Second unit director Director
2000
Mission: Impossible II
 		Yes Yes John Woo
2001 Vanilla Sky Yes No Cameron Crowe
2002 Windtalkers Yes Yes John Woo
Signs Yes No M. Night Shyamalan
Minority Report Yes Yes Steven Spielberg
2003 X2 No Yes Bryan Singer
Paycheck No Yes John Woo
2004 Taxi Yes Yes Tim Story
2005 Fantastic Four No Yes
2006 Superman Returns No Yes Bryan Singer
Night at the Museum No Yes Shawn Levy
2007 Live Free or Die Hard Yes Yes Len Wiseman
2008 Eagle Eye No Yes
D.J. Caruso
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Yes No Gavin Hood
2010 Knight and Day No Yes James Mangold
2011 The Hangover Part II No Yes Todd Phillips
X-Men: First Class No Yes Matthew Vaughn
Rise of the Planet of the Apes No Yes Matt Reeves
2012 This Means War No Yes McG
2013 Iron Man 3 No Yes Shane Black
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past No Yes Bryan Singer
2015 Fantastic Four No Yes Josh Trank
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse No Yes Bryan Singer
2017 The Predator Yes Yes Shane Black
2019 Dark Phoenix No Yes Simon Kinberg
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage No Yes Andy Serkis
Ghostbusters: Afterlife No Yes Jason Reitman
2022 The Adam Project Yes Yes Shawn Levy
2023 Expend4bles No Yes Scott Waugh

References

  1. ^ Harris, Dana (June 22, 2004). "Smrz takes helm for 'Loyalty'". Variety. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ^ Dore, Shalini (May 23, 2001). "Kudos for crashes". Variety. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  3. ^ "2008 Taurus World Stunt Awards". Taurus World Stunt Awards. 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. ^ Koehler, Robert (October 5, 2004). "Taxi". Variety. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  5. ^ Total Film (Mar 15, 2007). "Hero Wanted: Cuba Gooding Jr and Ray Liotta Answer". Total Film. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  6. Screen Daily
    . Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  7. ^ Gordon, Suzanne (October 6, 1986). "A Stunt Man's Closing Fall: He Died Fulfilling A Dream". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  8. ^ "TERMINAL ISLAND: Misdirected Explosion Hospitalizes 6 Stuntmen". Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1992. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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