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.