Rémy Julienne

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Rémy Julienne
Rémy Julienne in 2009
Born(1930-04-17)17 April 1930
Cepoy, France
Died21 January 2021(2021-01-21) (aged 90)
Amilly, France
Occupation(s)Stunt coordinator, stunt performer

Rémy Julienne (17 April 1930 – 21 January 2021) was a French driving stunt performer and coordinator, assistant director and occasional actor. He was also a

motorcross
champion.

Early life

Julienne was born in 1930, the son of

café owners in the town of Cepoy, 110 km south-east of Paris. During World War II, he was dared by children evacuated from Paris to ride a bicycle across the local canal, which inspired him to start riding motocross.[1]

Career

In his early 20's Julienne became French motocross champion in 1957,[2] which brought him to the attention of eminent stunt co-coordinator Gil Delamare. Through Delamare, Julienne's first screen appearance in 1964 was replacing actor Jean Marais, and in 1966 he played a German army motorcyclist in La Grande Vadrouille.[1]

After Delamare's tragic death during a stunt in 1966, Julienne stepped-in and agreed to fulfill contracts Delamare had signed with various film studios. Julienne's scientific approach which created spectacular on-screen images garnered him admiration within the industry in an age before computer modelling. Working initially in French film and TV, and occasional Hollywood films shot in Europe, his developing reputation led to his employment on the British film The Italian Job. Producer Michael Deeley later commented that “During our initial meeting with Rémy, Peter Collinson [the film’s director] and I were delighted to discover that he was prepared to take the chase sequence even further than we had envisaged, suggesting a different range of hair-raising stunts that could be written into the script.”[2] Julienne planned and co-ordinated all of the vehicle sequences, including the epic Mini chase sequence through the streets and roof tops of Turin.[1][3]

Very often people ask, ‘what was my favourite stunt?’ I’d say the jump between the two Fiat factory roofs must be the one, because it was emotional, because it was difficult. We worked on the ground, we prepared the ramps, calculated distances, speeds etc. [Originally] it was decided I had to do three separate jumps in each Mini. I explained that, as the roof was very wide, we could make the three Minis jump all together… it looked much better as a shot. It was more complicated, but really amazing.[2]

He resultantly became Hollywood's go-to vehicle stunt coordinator, best publicly known for his stunts on six

Renault 11 in A View to a Kill, and the petrol semi-tanker in Licence to Kill in which a Kenworth performed a wheelie. "The tanker chase was the most dangerous sequence I ever devised” said Glen, who also noted that Julienne was fastidious in his preparation.[2]

Julienne was eventually involved in over 1,400 films.

Starsky and Hutch
.

In 1999 during the filming of

Paris Court of Appeal
reversed the ruling in June 2009, and ordered EuropaCorp pay €100,000. Julienne's jail sentence was reduced to six months, and his fine reduced to €2,000, but he was required to pay the Dutartre family €50,000 in court costs.

Julienne began a school in France to provide drivers and mechanics with the specialized skills needed for stunt work. He also coordinated the attraction Moteurs... Action! Stunt Show Spectacular at

Paris.[7][8]

His sons Michel and Dominique are also highly skilled stunt drivers/coordinators, and now run the family business.

Death

Hospitalised in Amilly near Montargis in early January 2021,[2] Julienne died from COVID-19 on the evening of 21 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[1][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hugh Schofield (23 January 2021). "Rémy Julienne: Stunt king to the stars who fell to Covid". BBC News. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Jason Barlow (22 January 2021). "Legendary stunt driver Rémy Julienne has passed away". BBC Top Gear. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ Mullen-BP, Enda (October 18, 2019). "Plaque to mark where The Italian Job was filmed in Stoke Aldermoor". CoventryLive. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Rémy Julienne, 84 ans, cascadeur aux 1400 films et compère inoubliable de Jean-Paul Belmondo". RTBF Info (in French). September 30, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  5. ISBN 978-1-62686-246-3
    . Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Stunt Coordinator Sentenced In Death COMPILED BY LAWRENCE VAN GELDER; The New York Times, September 12, 2007
  7. ^ Sylt, Christian (28 November 2014). "New motorised Fantasia is fun for the family". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  8. ISBN 978-2-01-706941-6
    . Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  9. ^ Rémy Julienne, l'as des as de la cascade, est mort du Covid-19 à 90 ans (in French)
  10. ^ 'James Bond' stuntman Remy Julienne dies from coronavirus

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