Nash Edgerton
| Nash Edgerton | |
|---|---|
 Edgerton at a Warrior premiere, 16 October 2011 | |
| Born |
19 January 1973 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia |
| 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, 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 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)
- 6 Miranda Drive (2015) (stunt coordinator)
- The Gift (2015) (stunts)/(actor)[5]
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
- ↑ "The Gift (2015) (2015) - Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
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