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Fax Transmission LAWRENCE WOODWARD STUNT COORDINATOR 0417 405 540 [email protected] [email protected] 19 Jugiong Street, Pymble 2073 Australia Telephone:+61 2 9440 0070 Fax:+61 2 9440 3700 FEATURE FILMS, Stunt Coordinator Director: Fury Road Sequence Stunt Coord 2012 George Miller Beneath Hill 60 2009 Jeremy Sims Australia 2007 Baz Luhrmann The Black Balloon 2007 Elissa Down King Narasuen (Thailand) 2004 Chatri Yokul Cold Turkey 2002 Stephen McGregor Man Who Sued God 2001 Mark Joffe Garage Days 2001 Alex Proyas IMAX - Equus The Story of the Horse 2001 Micheal Caulfield Lantana 2000 Ray Lawrence Moulin Rouge Additional Coord 2000 Baz Luhrmann He Died with a Felafel in His Hand 1999 Richard Lowenstien Looking for Alibrandi 1998 Kate Woods Holy Smoke 1998 Jane Campion Thunderwith 1998 Simon Wincer Never Tell Me Never 1998 David Elflick A Wreck A Tangle 1998 Scott Paterson Terra Nova 1996 - 1997 Paul Middleditch Radiance 1997 Rachel Perkins The Boys 1997 Rowan Woods In The Winter Dark 1997 James Bogle TELEVISION FEATURES Survivors – Canyon (US) 2006 Nick Copus Survivors - Opposite of Lucky (UK) 2005 Nick Copus Salem’s Lot (US) 2003 Mikael Salomon South Pacific (US) 2000 Richard Pearce TELEVISION SERIES Ice (UK, shoot NZ) + 2nd UNIT DIRECTOR 2009 Nick Copus The Pacific (US) 2007 David Nutter Water Rats 2001 Amazon 1999 Water Rats 1999 Lost World 1999 Sabrina – Teenage Witch 1999 All Saints 1998 - 2001 Farscape 1998 - 1999 Wildside 1997 Home and Away 1997 19 Jugiong Street, Pymble 2073 Australia Telephone:+61 2 9440 0070 Fax:+61 2 9440 3700 STUNT COORDINATOR COMMERCIALS HBSC Rugby 7’s (Hong Kong) 2012 Plaza Films – Paul Middleditch Codral 2012 Plaza Films Budweiser (World Cup) 2010 Plaza Films ANZ 2009 Plaza Films Fedex (Asia) 2008 Plaza Films Mistsubishi 2008 Plaza Films McDonalds 2007 Silverscreen Halls & ANZ & Lotto 2007 Plaza Fims AAMI 2006 Plush Films Rav 4 (NZ) 2006 Plaza Films NZ Coke & Carlton Draught 2005 Plaza Films Toyota (NZ) 2005 Plaza Films NZ Cascade & XXXX 2005 Plaza Films Kinder Bueno 2005 Flying Fish VW Bora & Smiths Crisps 2004 Plaza Films Peugeot (France) 2004 Prodigy Hahn Beer Campaign & Big M 2003 Plaza Films Road Safety 2003 Rubicon Films AXA 2002 Luscious Films AAMI 2002 Tank Productions Liptovan D (Japan) 2002 Hat Productions Pepsi Max x 2 2002 Southern Media Fosters Beer 2002 Flying Fish Kraft 2002 Silverscreen Mild 7 2001 Hat Productions RTA & MLC & Holden 2001 Silverscreen Panasonic 2001 Independent Films AAMI 2001 8 Commercials Cadbury Viking Bar 2001 Silverscreen Domino’s 2001 Independent Films Toyota Ecco 2001 Pod Films Fosters Light 2000 Window Prod USA Dominos & Omnitel & Nifty & Holden Astra 2000 Independent Films Nissan 1999 Independent Films Sega 1999 Radical Media BMW 1999 RSA Films Hartfords & Nissan 1999 Independent Films 19 Jugiong Street, Pymble 2073 Australia Telephone:+61 2 9440 0070 Fax:+61 2 9440 3700 SAFETY CONSULTANT FILM Matrix 1 1998 Safety Coordinator The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996 Safety Consultant Race the Sun 1995 Safety Consultant COMMERCIALS Australian Defence Force 2007 Film Construction Diahatsu 2003 Plaza Films Kodak 2000 Shooting Gallery Kool Aid 2000 Pod Films Kraft 2000 Pod Films Toyota Tundra 1999 8 Communications Foster Lite Shark 1999 Silverscreen Prod Telstra 1999 Independent Films Subaru 1999 Window Productions RTA 1999 Silverscreen Productions Nissan 1999 Independent Films Honda 1999 Silverscreen Productions Hartford 1998 Independent Films Telstra 1998 Silverscreen Productions McDonalds 1998 Rowan Dean Films GIO Insurance 1998 Film Construction Mitsubishi 1998 Zinc Films STUNT PERFORMER FILM COMMERCIALS Fury Road (truck driver, Mad Max 4) VW Bora Superman Returns (US) Cascade Stealth (US) Rexona Titanic (US) Nissan Patrol Matrix1(US) BMW (Japan) The Boys Babe II Paradise Road The Island of Dr Moreau Les Patterson Saves the World Resistance Children of the Revolution 19 Jugiong Street, Pymble 2073 Australia Telephone:+61 2 9440 0070 Fax:+61 2 9440 3700 Radiance 19 Jugiong Street, Pymble 2073 Australia Telephone:+61 2 9440 0070 Fax:+61 2 9440 3700 .
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