Brian Smrz

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Brian Smrz

Biography

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.

Known For

Crew

2022
The Adam Project

as Stunt Coordinator

2018
The Predator

as Stunt Coordinator

2007
Live Free or Die Hard

as Stunt Coordinator

2004
Taxi

as Stunt Coordinator

2002
Windtalkers

as Stunt Coordinator

2002
Minority Report

as Stunt Coordinator

2002
Signs

as Stunt Coordinator

2001
Vanilla Sky

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Mission: Impossible II

as Stunt Coordinator

2000
Unbreakable

as Stunts

1999
Inspector Gadget

as Stunt Coordinator

1998
1998
1998
Blade

as Stunts

1997
Face/Off

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
The Relic

as Stunt Coordinator

1997
Men in Black

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Broken Arrow

as Stunt Coordinator

1996
Barb Wire

as Stunts

1995
Casper

as Stunts

1995
1995
Congo

as Stunts

1995
Cyborg 2

as Stunts

1995
Get Shorty

as Stunt Coordinator

1995
Sudden Death

as Stunt Coordinator

1994
The Flintstones

as Stunts

1994
Color of Night

as Stunts

1994
1993
The Sandlot

as Stunts

1993
Alive

as Stunts

1993
A Perfect World

as Stunts

1993
Jurassic Park

as Stunts

1992
Batman Returns

as Stunts

1992
Poison Ivy

as Stunts

1990
Syngenor

as Stunts

1990
Street Asylum

as Stunt Coordinator

1990
Contra Conspiracy

as Stunt Coordinator

1989
Time Trackers

as Stunts

1989
Second Sight

as Stunts

1988
1988
The Dead Pool

as Stunts

1988
Death by Dialogue

as Stunt Coordinator

1988
Off Limits

as Stunts

1988
Deadly Stranger

as Stunt Coordinator

1988
Side Roads

as Stunt Coordinator

1988
Twice Dead

as Stunts

1988
1988
Beach Balls

as Stunts

1987
Big Bad Mama II

as Stunts

1986
Ruthless People

as Stunts

1986
F/X

as Stunts

1986
Quiet Cool

as Stunts

1985
Key Exchange

as Stunts

1985
Grace Quigley

as Stunt Driver

1985
The Protector

as Stunts

1984
Exterminator 2

as Stunts

1981
Taps

as Stunts

Director

Akira

as Second Unit Director

2023
Expend4bles

as Second Unit Director

2023
Shazam! Fury of the Gods

as Second Unit Director

2022
The Adam Project

as Second Unit Director

2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as Second Unit Director

2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Second Unit Director

2020
Love and Monsters

as Second Unit Director

2019
Dark Phoenix

as Second Unit Director

2018
The Predator

as Second Unit Director

2017
24 Hours to Live

as Director

2016
X-Men: Apocalypse

as Second Unit Director

2015
Fantastic Four

as Second Unit Director

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past

as Second Unit Director

2013
Iron Man 3

as Second Unit Director

2012
This Means War

as Second Unit Director

2011
X-Men: First Class

as Second Unit Director

2011
The Hangover Part II

as Second Unit Director

2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

as Second Unit Director

2010
Knight and Day

as Second Unit Director

2009
Surrogates

as Second Unit Director

2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

as Second Unit Director

2009
Whiteout

as Second Unit Director

2008
Hero Wanted

as Director

2008
Eagle Eye

as Second Unit Director

2007
Live Free or Die Hard

as Second Unit Director

2006
Superman Returns

as Second Unit Director

2006
Night at the Museum

as Second Unit Director

2005
Fantastic Four

as Second Unit Director

2004
Taxi

as Second Unit Director

2003
X2

as Second Unit Director

2003
Paycheck

as Second Unit Director

2002
Minority Report

as Second Unit Director

2002
Windtalkers

as Second Unit Director

2000
Mission: Impossible II

as Second Unit Director

1990
Contra Conspiracy

as Second Unit Director

Actor