Nash Edgerton

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Nash Edgerton
Edgerton at a Warrior premiere, 16 October 2011
Born	(1973-01-19) 19 January 1973 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Stuntman/Filmmaker
Years active	1991–present

Nash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director and stuntman and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films.

Life and career

Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and grew up in Dural, New South Wales, the son of Marianne, a homemaker, and Michael Edgerton, a solicitor/property developer.^[1]^[2]^[3] His brother is actor Joel Edgerton.

As a stuntman, he has worked on such films as The Matrix trilogy, The Thin Red Line, Superman Returns, and, most notably, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, as the stunt double for Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi.^[4]

He has directed 3 music videos for Bob Dylan.

Filmography

Loaded (1996) (short) co-directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith
Deadline (1997) (short)
Bloodlock (1998) (short) co-directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith
The Pitch (2001) (short)
Fuel (2003) (short)
Lucky (2005) (short)
The IF Thing (2005) (short)
Spider (2007) (short)
The Square (2008)
Crossfire (2010) (music video for Brandon Flowers song)
Bear (2011) (short)
I Am Number Four (2011) (stunts)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

References

↑ "Oh, brother - Film". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 2005-01-08. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
↑ "'Square' director, Nash Edgerton, likes keeping audiences on edge - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
↑ http://www.cozycot.com/gallery/article/The-Australian-premiere-of--Warrior--held-at-Event-Cinemas--Where-155736/photo/226560
↑ Nash Edgerton at the Internet Movie Database

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 101020645 LCCN: no2010148465 ISNI: 0000 0001 1453 5696 GND: 101852343X BNF: cb161471061

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Name	Edgerton, Nash
Alternative names
Short description	Australian film director
Date of birth	19 January 1973
Place of birth	Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
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