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Tim Wong Sgnz:Hitz Resume 2020 STUNT COORDINATOR & FIGHT COORDINATOR FEATURES TITLE COMPANY DESCRIPTION Blacklight Cosmos Pictures Stunt Coordinator The Suicide Squad Warner Bros. Stunt Coordinator Shadow in the Cloud Four Knights Film Stunt & Fight Choreographer The Legend of Baron Toa Brown Sugar Action Consultant Feng Shen Trilogy: Film 1 Wuxi Fengshen Pictures Co. Stunt & Fight Choreographer Triple Frontier NETFLIX Stunt Coordinator X-Men: Dark Phoenix 20th Century Fox Stunt Coordinator Ghost in the Shell Dreamworks SKG NZ Stunt Coordinator Fight Choreographer Pete's Dragon Walt Disney Pictures Assistant Stunt Coordinator Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2 Netflix / Weinstein Company Assistant Stunt Coordinator Fight Choreographer Splinter Unit Gods of Egypt Summit Entertainment Fight Choreographer Outcast Midsummer Films Assistant Stunt Coordinator The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Warner Bros. New Zealand Stunt Coordinator Fight Coordinator Realiti Index Films Stunt Coordinator The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. Assistant Stunt / Fight Coordinator The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Warner Bros. Assistant Stunt / Fight Coordinator Yogi Bear Warner Bros. Additional Stunt Coordinator My Wedding & Other Secrets South Pacific Pictures Stunt Coordinator Tracker Eden Films Co-Stunt Coordinator Fight Coordinator The Adventures of Tintin Columbia Pictures Stunt Coordinator 2nd Unit Under the Mountain 120dB Films Stunt Coordinator The Warriors Way Rogue Assistant Stunt Coordinator Rain of the Children Wayward Films Stunt Coordinator The Water Horse Revolution Studios Assistant Stunt Coordinator Black Sheep Livestock Films Fight Choreographer River Queen Silverscreen Films Assistant Stunt Coordinator Without a Paddle Paramount Pictures Assistant Stunt Coordinator STUNT COORDINATOR & FIGHT COORDINATOR TELEVISION & OTHERS TITLE COMPANY DESCRIPTION Creamerie Kevin & CO. Stunt & Fight Coordinator Do No Harm Bebe Films Stunt & Fight Coordinator Ash vs Evil Dead Starz Evil Dead NZ Assistant Stunt Coordinator Tangiwai Lippy Pictures Stunt Coordinator Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Pacific Renaissance Stunt Coordinator This is not my Life Desert Road Television Additional Stunt Coordinator Spartacus: Blood and Sand Pacific Renaissance Stunt/Fight Coordinator A Thousand Apologies Great Southern Television Stunt Coordinator STUNT PERFORMER FEATURES TITLE COMPANY DESCRIPTION Three Thousand Years of Longing MGM Stunt Rigger Fantasy Island Blumhouse Productions Stunt Actor The Meg Warner Bros. Actor / Double / Utility Stunts Hacksaw Ridge Cross Creek Pictures Stunt Performer Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2 Netflix / Weinstein Company Stunt Double Beyond the Edge General Film Corporation Tenzing Stunt Double The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Warner Bros. Radagast Stunt Double Mad Max: Fury Road Warner Bros. Stunt Performer The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. Radagast Stunt Double The Hobbbit: An Unexpected Journey Warner Bros. Radagast Stunt Double Yogi Bear Warner Bros. Stunt Driver Under the Mountain 120dB Films Stunt 'Fire-burn' Double Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans Lakeshore Entertainment Utility Stunts The Warriors Way Rogue Sad Flute Ninja The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Disney Utility Stunts 30 Days of Night Ghost House Pictures Utility Stunts Black Sheep Livestock Films Stunt Investor Out of the Blue Condor Films Stunt Driver X-Men 3: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox Stunt Performer Naming Number 2 Numero Films Stunt Driver / Utility Stunts King Kong Universal Pictures Stunt Actor / Utility Stunts River Queen Silverscreen Films Stunt Performer Without a Paddle Paramount Pictures Stunt Driver Spooked Silverscreen Films Stunt Actor Hidden Archetype Film Stunt Rigger / Utility Stunts The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Newline Cinema Stunt Double 'Frodo' / Utility Stunts The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Newline Cinema Stunt Double 'Frodo' / Utility Stunts The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Newline Cinema Stunt Double 'Frodo' / Utility Stunts STUNT PERFORMER TELEVISION & OTHERS TITLE COMPANY DESCRIPTION Ash vs Evil Dead Starz Evil Dead NZ Stunt Double / Stunt Driver Power Rangers “Megaforce” Marvista Entertainment Stunt Performer Shortland Street Shortland Street Stunt Actor 'Thai Thug’ Avalon High Disney Stunt Rigger The Killian Curse: Series 2 TVNZ Stunt Actor 'Red Swordsman’ Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive Disney Fights The Lost Children Bighouse Stunt Double The Godfather Video Game Electronic Arts Motion Capture Stunts The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Video Game Electronic Arts Motion Capture Stunts Power Rangers: Ninja Storm Disney Fights The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King VG Electronic Arts Motion Capture Stunts Riverworld Tasman Films Fights The Extreme Team Mandalay Television Stunt Actor 'Scientist’ BBC The Lost World BBC Stunt Performer Xena Warrior Paincess Renaissance Pictures Fights COMMERCIALS TITLE COMPANY DESCRIPTION Nissin 'Globalization' Film Construction Stunt Coordinator Suntory 'All Free’ Curious LTD Stunt Coordinator Coca-Cola RWC 'Tackle’ Curious LTD Stunt Coordinator Burn The Sweat Shop Burn Master Halifax 'Helping hands’ Automatic Films Stunt Actor Smiths Crisps The Sweat Shop Stunt Coordinator Export Gold 'Over the Fence’ Saatchies Stunt Rigger Toyota 'Spot Light' Curious LTD Stunt Driver Rabobank 'Ninja’ Curious LTD Stunt Coordinator .
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