Daredevil Society

Daredevil Society

The only definitive stuntman documentary.

For 100 years, stunt performers have crashed, burned, fallen and flown so the movies could. Most of them you’ve never heard of. This is their story.

The film · era by era

The Silent EraThe first stuntman (a hypnotist in a wig) · Buster Keaton · Harold Lloyd · Douglas Fairbanks · Pearl White · Helen Gibson

Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves walking on set in front of the Eiffel Tower
Stahelski (right) with Keanu Reeves on the set of John Wick: Chapter 4, Paris
None of us would be here if it wasn’t for the last 100 years of stunt people.
Chad StahelskiDirector, John Wick · Keanu Reeves’s stunt double on The Matrix

30M

Views a month on @stuntmandoc

That’s our best month so far. The audience is already here, and they’ll be watching when the first Oscar for stunt design is handed out.

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Reel: Jackie Chan judges bad stuntmen, 3.4M views
Reel: Testing the Bat Pod, 2.7M views
Reel: Hong Kong vs. American action, 1.5M views
Reel: What if Nolan directed the Avengers?, 925K views
Reel: Brad Pitt is a jackass, 255K views
Reel: Real life Jack Reacher, 43.7K views
Reel: 156 takes to get this shot, 21.5K views
Reel: Michelle Pfeiffer whip skills, 19.1K views
Reel: How they shot the barrel roll, 12.2K views

Featuring

40+ exclusive interviews.

Stunt coordinators, performers, action stars and directors, on camera for Daredevil Society. Interviews by Brock Swinson, host of the Creative Principles podcast (700+ filmmaker interviews).

Joe Taslim
Joe Taslim, one of 40+ exclusive interviews
  1. Jeff ImadaStunts
  2. Scott AdkinsAction star
  3. Amy JohnstonStunts
  4. Michael Jai WhiteAction star
  5. Darrin PrescottStunts
  6. Bruce CampbellAction star
  7. Sharlene RoyerStunts
  8. Joe TaslimAction star
  9. Nick PowellStunts
  10. Jesse V. JohnsonDirector
  11. Cheryl LewisStunts
  12. Simon McQuoidDirector
  13. Lauro “Lash” Chartrand-Del ValleStunts
  14. John SwabDirector
  15. + More to be announced
I think that probably 20 years from now, these stunting performances will be considered minor works of art.
Billy BurtonStuntman
Jackie Chan holding his honorary Oscar

1928→2028

The first Oscar for stunt design.

Starting with films released in 2027, the Academy will award Achievement in Stunt Design. The first one is handed out at the 100th Oscars in 2028, a hundred years after a house fell on Buster Keaton. We’ll be there for the first one.

Jackie Chan with his honorary Oscar, 2016

Daredevil Society poster art: stunt legends drawn in ink around the title

Get involved

We’re finishing the film now.

About an hour of the film is cut, and 40+ exclusive interviews are in the can.

Distributors, investors, archive houses and press: we’d love to talk. If you’ve worked in stunts and have a story, we want to hear it too.

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Creator
Brock Swinson
Producer
Marionne Muñoz
Editor
Christopher Colmenarez
Executive Producers
Joe Swinson · Greg Brooks · Julia White
Art Design
Vivian Chan
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