Fight Choreographer / Stunts
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Andrew Joseph Perez is a stuntman, fight choreographer, and stunt coordinator with a specialty in working with kids. Safety always comes first before all else, and telling the story of course comes second, but keeping the experience fun and funny are a close third.
He is a certified stunt and precision driver through Rick Seaman's Motion Picture Driving Clinic, having completed Super-Stunt Level 1. He earned his Certification as an Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors at the National Stage Combat Workshop 2012. He earned Recommended Passes in Rapier / Dagger (best scene of the workshop), Broadsword, and Unarmed, and recently earned a Broadsword certification through DAI in 2021. He has trained with J. Allen Suddith, Mark "Rat" Guinn, Robert "Mac" Macdougal, Charles Currier, Geoff Alm, whip cracking with Adam Winrich, Jo Ann Mendleson and others. He is an expert with whips and has additional training and experience with single sword, sword and shield, katana, quarterstaff, spear, knives, tonfa, and various firearms. He has also trained as a Pro Wrestler with Total Wrestling Federation in Sacramento and with trainers from Ohio Valley Wrestling. Perez's experience as a fight choreographer ranges from Shakespearean productions for stage to stunts for film and TV. In addition to choreography and fight/stunt work, Perez has worked as a stage combat educator with Sacramento Theatre Company, Flying Monkey Productions, Capital Stage Company, American River College, and The Virginia Avenue Project in Los Angeles. He has also been published in the SAFD Fight Master Magazine with his article, "When 'It's fine' means 'it isn't,' How We Can Talk Around Our Egos" in the Spring of 2016. |
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DULLING-DOWN BLADES
Have a knife or sword you plan to use for a film or play but it's sharp? Send it over with a return label included and it will come back to you with the point(s) and edges rounded and safe. Please include a picture along with your inquiry email to receive an estimate on the cost and time it will take.
BLADE RESTORATION
Have stage combat weapons that are in an awful state of repair? Rust? Chipped edges? General wear-and-tear? Send them over with a return label included and they'll come back to you shiny and new. Please include a picture along with your inquiry email to receive an estimate on the cost and time it will take.
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Have a play or film coming up with some violence written in but don't have anyone on-hand to choreograph it to be both spectacular and safe? Perez works on a sliding scale to accommodate nearly any budget.
All inquiries may be directed here.
Have a knife or sword you plan to use for a film or play but it's sharp? Send it over with a return label included and it will come back to you with the point(s) and edges rounded and safe. Please include a picture along with your inquiry email to receive an estimate on the cost and time it will take.
BLADE RESTORATION
Have stage combat weapons that are in an awful state of repair? Rust? Chipped edges? General wear-and-tear? Send them over with a return label included and they'll come back to you shiny and new. Please include a picture along with your inquiry email to receive an estimate on the cost and time it will take.
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
Have a play or film coming up with some violence written in but don't have anyone on-hand to choreograph it to be both spectacular and safe? Perez works on a sliding scale to accommodate nearly any budget.
All inquiries may be directed here.
