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STUNT Resume DANTON MEW SAG-AFTRA Website: www.SFstunts.com Email: [email protected] Cell: 415.290.5118 STATS: Height: 5’9” Eyes: Blue/Brown Shirt: 16.5 x 35 Shoes: 9 Gloves: 10 Weight: 180 Hair: Brown Pants: 32 x 31 Jacket: 42R Hat: 7 1/4 FILM Shanghai & Legend of 10 Rings Stunts Mike Gunther/Marvel Studios Swarm Principal Andy Chen/LocasGarden Pictures Etruscan Smile N/D Driver Rocky Capella Gold Mountain Lead Kerwin Berk/Ikeibi Films Looking - HBO Special Utility Stunts Greg Sloan/HBO Productions Terminator: Genisys N/D Driver Rex Reddick Americana Stunt Coordinator Zachary Shedd/Americana LLC SanFranLand Stunt Coordinator SanFranLand Productions Fruitvale Station Stunts Rocky Capella White Rabbit Stunt Coordinator Bill Kinder/Pixar Chasing Rodriguez Stunts Jeff Mosley Olive Stunt Coordinator Hooman Khalili/Olive Prod, LLC Contagion Stunts Rocky Capella Battleship Stunts Kevin Scott I’m in Love with a Church Girl Stunts Rocky Capella Grand Ma Takedown Stunt Coordinator Emmanuel Lee/To Go Box Films Tidal Wave Haeundae) Stunt Dbl – Joon-Hoon Park Kevin Larson The Awakened Principal Kevin Larson/High Voltage Productions Wolvesbayne Stunts David Kiiskinen Milk Stunts Rocky Capella Four Christmases N/D Driver Rocky Capella Harrison Montgomery Stunt Coordinator Daniel Davila/ HM LLC Graves End Stunt Coordinator James Marlowe/Graves End Prod. Lady Samurai Asst.Stunt Coordinator Kevin Larson Rent Stunts Rocky Capella Just Like Heaven N/D Driver Rocky Capella Hulk Utility Stunts Rocky Capella Broken Arrows Stunts Kevin Larson Kill Jane Doe Lead Floating By The Bay, LLC Hand To Hand Principal Jino Kang/Black Belt Productions, LLC The Cleaning Lady Principal Enduring Citizens Productions Half-Life Principal Fade To Blue, LLC Ronin Boys Lead Jetblade Entertainment The Keeper Principal Full Auto Productions Firestorm Rising Principal Full Auto Productions The Gates of Hell Principal Tinseltown Films Prod HK TELEVISION 13 Reasons Why Stunts Keith Campbell/Netflix Girlboss Stunt Driver Paul Crawford/Netflix Chance Stunt Performer Rocky Capella/Hulu My Sunshine (China) Stunt Coordinator (SF) Rollin Studios Good Day Sacramento Live! Self Roqui Theus/KMAX TV Looking N/D Driver Rocky Capella Sense8 Fight Coordinator Wachowski/Irrelevant Prod. LLC Hemingway & Gellhorn Asst. Stunt Coordinator Kevin Larson Alcatraz Stunt Performer Rocky Capella True Blue Stunts Rocky Capella Trauma Stunts Kevin Scott Prototype This! Utility Stunts Mike Martinez World’s Most Astonishing News Stunts Kevin Larson Human Cargo TV Series (To Du Ke) Stunt Coordinator Beijing TV Group, China Nash Bridges Principal Cuse/Johnson Productions COMMERCIALS (no current conflicts) Acura, Apple, Alfa Romeo, Chevy, Dodge, Jeep, Lexus, Toyota, SmartCar, OnStar, PG&E, SF Giants, Kaiser Permanente, Cost Plus, Coke Cola, HP, HSBC, Starbucks, ESPN, Payless Shoesource, KRUX INDUSTRIALS Clients Include: Industrial, Light & Magic, Kerner Optical, Cadence Data Systems, Playback Media, Marlowe & Pugnetti, KDOL Productions, Penrose Productions, Medtronic, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Azkoul Productions, Polaris Productions, Hitachi Data Systems, Greenplum Inc, Dwyer Productions, PG&E, American Lung Asso, American Heart Asso, Kaiser Permanente, California Pacific, Invisiline, Insight Vacations, Capitol Records MOCAP / CGI Star Tours – Battle of Jakku Repelling Scavenger Theme Park Productions Inc Jurassic World – Mocap Stunt Performer Industrial Light & Magic Transformers: Age of Extinction Stunt Performer Mike Martinez/ 32TEN Studios Mat Zo – Pyramid Scheme Stunt Coordinator Morgan Wise/Universal Music Deathfall Chronicles – Videogame Mocap Kekron Eyelead Software Eragon – Videogame Mocap Eragon, Murtagh, Brom Vivendi Universal 10th Degree – Videogame Mocap Fei Hung, Jagger, Raze, Tiger Atari/Midway Games SPECIAL SKILLS Actor, Professional Driver, Kart Racer, SCCA Autocross, Muay Thai Senior Instructor, Northern/Southern Kung Fu styles, Chinese long & short weapons, Tai Chi, Swordsman, SFPD Post 832 certified, California Patrolman/Guardcard permit CAState exposed firearm permit, CA State Baton permit, First Aid, CPR/AED certified, Law Enforcement CQB trained, All Sports, Fluent in Cantonese .
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