Guy Norris is an Australian-American stuntman, film director, second unit director, and actor.
Life and career
editIn 1980, at the age of 20, he started work on his first film gig: George Miller's Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.[1]
He worked with Miller again on Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) as stunt co-ordinator and second unit director. They would later team up once again for the 2024 prequel spin-off film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.[2][3]
In 2019, Norris served as stunt supervisor and second unit director on James Gunn's The Suicide Squad (2021). He was in charge of directing the car scenes despite Gunn explaining that he rarely uses second unit directors on his films and has never liked working with them, but he enjoyed the experience of working with Norris.[4][5]
Other films Norris has served as second unit director on include Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Stealth, Scooby-Doo, Ghost in the Shell, and Suicide Squad.[6]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Stunts | Second unit director | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | Yes | No | George Miller |
| 1989 | The Salute of the Jugger | Yes | Yes | David Webb Peoples |
| 1992 | Hurricane Smith | Yes | Yes | Carl Budd |
| American Samurai | Yes | Yes | Sam Firstenberg | |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Yes | No | George Miller |
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo | Yes | Yes | Raja Gosnell |
| 2003 | Bulletproof Monk | Yes | Yes | Paul Hunter |
| 2005 | Stealth | Yes | Yes | Rob Cohen |
| 2008 | Australia | Yes | Yes | Baz Luhrmann |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Yes | No | George Miller |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Yes | Yes | David Ayer |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yes | Yes | James Gunn |
| Ghost in the Shell | Yes | Action unit director | Rupert Sanders | |
| 2019 | Triple Frontier | Yes | Yes | J.C. Chandor |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Yes | Yes | James Gunn |
| 2022 | Blacklight | Yes | Yes | Mark Williams |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing | Yes | Action unit director | George Miller | |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yes | Yes | James Gunn |
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Yes | Yes | George Miller |
References
edit- ^ "GUY NORRIS - Ausfilm". Ausfilm. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Romano, Evan (May 24, 2024). "How Furiosa Brought Its Death-Defying 'Stowaway' Sequence to Life". Mens Health. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cohn, Gabe (May 24, 2024). "Building a Tractor-Trailer Fit for 'Furiosa'". New York Times. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mancuso, Vinnie (September 23, 2020). "'The Suicide Squad': Captain Boomerang Is the "Same Shitbag Liability," Says Jai Courtney". Collider. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ Gunn, James [@JamesGunn] (February 8, 2021). "I pick the 2nd unit directors. I didn't use a 2nd unit director on Vol 2, & very little on my other films. I never liked using them until working with my old friend Guy Norris on one scene in The Suicide Squad, an experience I enjoyed" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Guy Norris - Turner Classic Movies". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
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