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Stuntwoman & actress Tara Macken: “Every stunt performer in some capacity has to act”

30th January 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

It’s customary to start an interview with a stunt performer by telling the reader that while you may not recognise them, you’ve almost certainly seen them in movies. But when it comes to Tara Macken, her blossoming acting career means you’ll soon be recognising her on screen too. Watching new indie comedy action thriller Intensive… Stuntwoman & actress Tara Macken: “Every stunt performer in some capacity has to act” Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: intensive care, stand up for stunts, stunt performers, stunts, stuntwoman, tara macken

New York’s Stunt World – Training, Hustling… Oscars?

12th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I spent four EXHAUSTING hours in a comfy chair in Breakfall Studios’ Manhattan gym, watching superfit stunt performers training: backflips, cartwheels, throwing themselves to the ground and practicing disarming each other with prop weapons. Everyone was lovely and if I ever need to be thrown out of a window, or have a bottle smashed over… New York’s Stunt World – Training, Hustling… Oscars? Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: Breakfall Studios, paul varacchi, stand up for stunts, Stephen koepfer, stunt coordinators, stunt performers, stunt training, stuntmen, stunts, stuntwomen

Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

That was the first and last time he tried to mainsail microeconomic theory to Debbie from Accounts

“We are the shadow warriors”, says stuntman Mack Kuhr in this fascinating documentary short from directors Stephen Koepfer and Matthew Kaplowitz. A comment which pithily demonstrates how vital they are to a film while staying in the background, not only allowing the star to shine, but giving them that added sparkle. I’m not one for deliberately causing myself pain, though I… Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews, Stunts, Support Indie Film Tagged With: Anthony Hoang, concrete and crashpads, concrete and crashpads review, Federico Berte, film stunts, Joanne Lamstein, Mack Kuhr, Matthew Kaplowitz, new york, NYC, short film, Stephen koepfer, stunt coordinator, stunt documentary, stunt men, stunt performers, stunt women, stunts, tv stunts

Teaser Trailer For Concrete And Crashpads Shows Hidden Life Of New York’s Stunt Performers

17th January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Short film trailer

As a stuntwoman says in the voiceover: “If they see us somebody’s doing something wrong… But we shouldn’t be pushed aside.” In this teaser trailer for short film Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York, from co-directors Stephen Koepfer and Matthew Kaplowitz, we get to see stunt performers getting ready for, and performing their roles in… Teaser Trailer For Concrete And Crashpads Shows Hidden Life Of New York’s Stunt Performers Read More

Filed Under: Stunts, Trailers Tagged With: Anthony Hoang, Chazz Menendez, film stunts, Frederico Berte, Hannah D Scott, Joanne Lamstein, Mack Kuhr, Matthew Kaplowitz, movie stunts, new york, NYC, Stephen koepfer, stunt coordinators, stunt performers, stuntmen, stunts, stuntwomen

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