Chad Stahelski

Stahelski worked on Alex Proyas' The Crow (1994), Stahelski and fellow stuntmen Jeff Cadiente served as a stand-in; for the actor Brandon Lee. Previously on March 31, 1993, while filming, Lee was accidentally wounded on set by defective blank ammunition and later died in hospital during surgery.[1] Special effects were used to give them Lee's face.[2] Their work paved the way for resurrecting actors to complete or have new performances, since pioneering CGI techniques were used to complete the film.[3]

In 1997, Stahelski co-founded action design company 87Eleven with David Leitch.[4]

He worked as a stunt double for his future John Wick star Keanu Reeves in The Matrix franchise, and later served as a stunt co-ordinator for the films.[5] In 2009, Stahelski was second-unit director and stunt co-ordinator on Ninja Assassin along with David Leitch.

In 2012, On the set of the film The Expendables 2 which Stahelski served as the stunt coordinator on, a stuntman, Kun Liu was killed by an explosion on set. The stuntman's family filed a suit towards Stahelski following the accident. [6]

In 2014, Stahelski co-directed the action thriller film John Wick along with Leitch, based on the screenplay by Derek Kolstad. The film starred Keanu Reeves and Michael Nyqvist, and was released on October 24, 2014 by Summit Entertainment, grossing over $88 million.[7][8]

Stahelski acted as sole director for the film's 2017 sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2,[9] and again for the third film, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).[10]

In 2019, Stahelski was the second unit director for the reshoots of Birds of Prey.[11]

Stahelski was married to fellow stunt performer Heidi Moneymaker,[19] who worked as Scarlett Johansson's double as Black Widow. She also appeared on Stahelski's film John Wick: Chapter 2.

Stahelski was a friend of Brandon Lee, they trained together at the Inosanto Academy.

Second-unit director

Stuntwork

• Chad Stahelski at IMDb