STAFF



DAVID BOUSHEY
Founder / Consultant

Founder of the United Stuntman's Association

Founder of the Society of American Fight Directors

Inductee into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame

Recipient of the Los Angeles Critics Award for Best Fight Choreography: 1981, 1985, 1991

One of Fourteen Fight Masters in North America

A 40 year professional career as a stunt coordinator and a stunt instructor throughout North America and Europe

Coordinated Stunts and Action for 8 Academy Award Winning Actors:

Chris Cooper
Brad Dourif
William Hurt
Tommy Lee Jones
Marsha Mason
Jon Voight
Christopher Walken
Denzel Washington

Other actors have included:

Gillian Anderson
Hoyt Axton
Drew Barrymore
Annette Bening
Timothy Busfield
Keith Carradine
Barry Corbin
Rebecca DeMorney
Laura Dern
Matt Dillon
David Duchovny
Linda Evans
Anna Faris
Brendan Fraser
Danny Glover
Harold Gould
Heather Graham
Rutger Hauer
Dennis Hopper
Amy Irving
James Earl Jones
Harvey Keitel
Heather Locklear
Kelly Lynch
Kyle MacLachlan
Darren McGavin
Mary Tyler Moore
Rob Morrow
Martha Plimpton
Linda Purl
Meg Ryan
Annabella Sciorra
Tom Skerritt
Jean Smart
Dean Stockwell
Keifer Sutherland
Janine Turner
Jobeth Williams
Elijah Wood

View his credits on IMDB.com.


The following staff are determined by availability, as some may be working on films at the time of the courses.


JEFF "ISH" McKRACKEN
Fighting, foot falls and rolls, stair falls, fire burns, air ram, wire work, ratchet, rappelling

8 years as owner of the International Stunt School and 22 years as the school coordinator and one of its instructors. SAG-AFTRA stunt performer with extensive experience in stunt rigging. 10 years of study and three awards with the Society of American Fight Directors.


DANIEL FORD-BEAVIS
Fighting, Fire, High Falls, Driving, & Wire

ACTRA stunt coordinator with almost 30 years of stunt coordination, performance, and teaching in Canada. BFA in Drama (Acting) at the University of Saskatchewan, and Fight Director with Fight Directors Canada. Extensive experience with high falls, fire burns, car hits, fights to the death, stair falls, and many more. He has taught at the University of Saskatchewan, The Banff Centre, the International Stunt School as well as a variety of workshops in Quebec, Los Angeles, and Atlanta among others.


ERIC "DUTCH" STENEHJEM
Rigging, Wire, Ratchet, Air Ram

20 years as a professional rigger and flyer. ETCP Certification (Arena Rigging). Directed flying for television, film and stage. Co-designed all the flying systems for Seattle Opera and other professional houses. Owner/Director of Stage Flight FX Company. Journeyman member of IATSE. Key rigger for the United Stuntmen's Association.20 years as a professional rigger and flyer. ETCP Certification in Arena Rigging. Has directed flying for television, film and stage. Co-designed flying systems for Seattle Opera and other professional houses. Owner/Director of Stage Flight FX Company. Journeyman member of IATSE. Key rigger for the International Stunt School with 18 years as one of its teachers.


GREG POLJACIK
Fighting, foot falls and rolls, wrecks, mini-tramp, fire burns

SAG-AFTRA stunt performer and fire burn coordinator based in Chicago. 14 years as instructor for the International Stunt School. Member of LBP Stunts Chicago, owner of Sweet Spot of the Flame LLC (specializing in fire burns), and Gravity and Momentum LLC (maker of blood effects). Also works as a neuroscience researcher specializing in risk and high-performance athletes at the University of Chicago.


CHUCK JOHNSON
Fighting, foot falls and rolls, stair falls, wire work

Japan’s first and only prominent non-Japanese stunt performer, action actor and motion-capture artist, with over 20 years of experience. Chuck has well over 100 international TV shows, films, video games and commercials to date, including GI JOE: Origin of Snake Eyes, Street Fighter 6, Metal Gear Solid V, and many others. Chuck as also been a guest fight choreography instructor for the Society of American Fight Directors’ Winter Wonderland Workshop, The International Order of the Pen and the Sword’s Paddy Crean Workshop, and currently runs Quiet Flame Productions in Tokyo, Japan. 10 years as instructor with the International Stunt School.


WADI JONES
Fighting, foot falls and rolls, wrecks, mini-tramp, high falls, driving, parkour

SAG-AFTRA stunt performer and assistant stunt coordinator with 14 years as a professional teacher in several venues including boxing, mixed martial arts, parkour, break dance, and hip hop. 11 years as an instructor with the International Stunt School. Has toured domestically and internationally in live stunt shows and was in the top 16 of "So You Think You Can Dance" (season 8).


SHANE ALEXANDER
Fighting, weapons and firearms, driving, wire work

Martial arts veteran of over 25 years. He has studied, Tae Kwon Do, Kenpo, Hapkido, Judo, American Kick Boxing, and Muay Thai and has taken home multiple medals from many international tournaments. He also founded the first stunt team in San Diego, “The Southern California Stunt Crew”. Shane has over 35 movie titles to date and has been a working Stunt Performer since 2018, having won “Best Stunts in a Feature Film” at the International San Diego Film Awards and nominated for two more films.


ARIEL LEE
Gymnastics, high falls, wire work

Ariel Lee grew up as a competitive gymnast which led into 18 years of experience teaching gymnastics, cheerleading, tumbling, and dance. She has translated these skills to on screen stunts, with credits for multiple creature characters in movies, commercials, and tv.