Nash Edgerton
Nash Edgerton | |
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Edgerton at a Warrior premiere, 16 October 2011 | |
Born |
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | 19 January 1973
Occupation | Stuntman/Filmmaker |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse(s) | Carla Ruffino |
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, 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] His brother Joel appeared in those same films as Owen Lars.
He has directed four music videos for Bob Dylan ("Beyond Here Lies Nothin'", "Must Be Santa", "Duquesne Whistle", and "The Night We Called It A Day").
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)
- Macbeth (2006) (stunts)
- Superman Returns (2006) (stunts)
- Spider (2007) (short)
- The Square (2008)
- Crossfire (2010) (music video for Brandon Flowers song)
- Hesher (2010) (stunt coordinator)
- Knight and Day (2010) (stunts)
- Bear (2011) (short)
- I Am Number Four (2011) (stunts)
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- The Wolverine (2013) (stunts)
- The Bling Ring (2013) (stunt coordinator)
- The Great Gatsby (2013) (stunts)
- Son of a Gun (2014)
- The Equalizer (2014) (stunts)
- American Ultra (2015) (stunts)/(actor)
- The Darkness (2015) (stunt coordinator)
- The Gift (2015) (stunts)/(actor)[5]
- American Express (2017)
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 on IMDb
- ↑ "The Gift (2015) (2015) - Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
External links
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