Dan Bradley

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Dan Bradley
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Stunt coordinator, Second unit film director
Known forStunt work
Notable workBourne film series

Dan Bradley is an American stunt coordinator and second unit film director. He has worked on Independence Day, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Superman Returns, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Where The Wild Things Are, Quantum of Solace, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.[1]

Bradley was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and his early street racing around Van Nuys led him into his career in stunts.[2]

He was originally cast to portray Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives but was replaced by C.J. Graham. Despite this the scenes he filmed were still included in the film making this the third instance of 2 actors portraying Jason in one film.[a]

Bradley served as the stunt coordinator and second unit for the car chase scenes in The Dukes of Hazard. Johnny Knoxville praised him saying "everyone in Hollywood wants Dan Bradley to shoot their car stuff" and cited him as a factor in his taking a role in the film.[3]

In July 2008, Bradley was announced as the director for the MGM remake of the 1984 Cold War movie Red Dawn,[4] and was attached to the supernatural action feature Hellified for Paramount Pictures.[5] In 2016, he made his debut in Indian Cinema, as the Second Unit Director and Stunt co-ordinator of the Bollywood film Ghayal Once Again.

Filmography[edit]

As second unit director[edit]

Year Film Director
2023 The Old Guard 2 Victoria Mahoney
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny James Mangold
2022 Jurassic World Dominion Colin Trevorrow
Deep Water Adrian Lyne
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Patty Jenkins
2019 Ad Astra James Gray
2017 Bright David Ayer
XXX: The Return of Xander Cage D.J. Caruso
2016 Assassin's Creed Justin Kurzel
Triple 9 John Hillcoat
Ghayal: Once Again Sunny Deol
2014 The Expendables 3 Patrick Hughes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jonathan Liebesman
2012 The Bourne Legacy Tony Gilroy
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Brad Bird
2010 Green Zone Paul Greengrass
2008 Quantum of Solace Marc Forster
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg
2007 Lions for Lambs Robert Redford
The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass
Spider-Man 3 Sam Raimi
2006 Superman Returns Bryan Singer
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Jay Chandrasekhar
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Paul Greengrass
Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi
2003 Seabiscuit Gary Ross
Cradle 2 the Grave Andrzej Bartkowiak
2002 Adaptation Spike Jonze
2001 Swordfish Dominic Sena
Texas Rangers Steve Miner
Monkeybone Henry Selick
1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter P.J. Pesce
Three Kings David O. Russell
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Scott Spiegel
1998 Phantoms Joe Chappelle
1994 Final Combination Nigel Dick
1991 Critters 3 Kristine Peterson
1990 Blue Desert Bradley Battersby
1989 Disorganized Crime Jim Kouf
1987 Dark Tower Freddie Francis
Dudes Penelope Spheeris
1986 Hollywood Vice Squad

References[edit]

  1. ^ Though the killer in Part 5 was not Jason, two people portrayed Jason in that film: John Hock in the opening dream sequence and Tom Morga in Tommy's Hallucinations.
  1. ^ Bradley tapped to aid Bond stunts by The Hollywood Reporter Date September 04, 2007. Access date September 2009
  2. ^ Conley, Kevin. "Dan Bradley: the art of the crash". Telegraph. Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ Johnny Knoxville interview for The Dukes of Hazzard
  4. ^ Fernandez, Jay A.; Borys Kit (2008-07-09). "'Red Dawn' redo lands director, scribe; MGM will remake the 1984 action drama". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ^ Kit, Borys (2009-06-25). "Paramount nabs 'Hellified' spec". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009.

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