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Scott Rogers (stuntman)

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Scott A. Rogers is an American stuntman, film director, second unit director, and actor, best known for his work on the John Wick series.

Life and career

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Rogers began his stunt career working on the 1993 films Last Action Hero and Cliffhanger before moving into second unit directing.

Rogers worked on the 2011 Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as aerial designer, selected by director Julie Taymor based on his prior stunt-coordinating work on Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).[1]

In 2019, Rogers served as stunt coordinator on John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum alongside second unit director Darrin Prescott. Both he and Prescott worked on putting together the horse scene and the motorcycle chase sequence. Rogers recalls that he and Prescott were given a lot of leeway from director Chad Stahelski.[2]

Rogers later returned to work on John Wick: Chapter Four, serving again as stunt coordinator and taking over from Prescott as second unit director.[3][4]

Between 2012 and 2015, he directed second unit on Seth MacFarlane's three live-action directorial efforts Ted, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and Ted 2, The Ridiculous Six, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, and Sky High.[5]

Filmography

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Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director
1993 Last Action Hero Yes No John McTiernan
Cliffhanger Yes No Renny Harlin
1994 True Lies Yes No James Cameron
1995 Major Payne Yes No Nick Castle
1996 Eraser Yes No Chuck Russell
Kingpin Yes No Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
Independence Day Yes No Roland Emmerich
1997 The Postman Yes No Kevin Costner
1998 Phantoms Yes No Joe Chappelle
1999 Being John Malkovich Yes No Spike Jonze
Wild Wild West Yes No Barry Sonnenfeld
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Yes No Scott Spiegel
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter Yes No P.J. Pesce
2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Yes No Brian Levant
2001 Monkeybone Yes No Henry Selick
Texas Rangers Yes No Steve Miner
Swordfish Yes No Dominic Sena
Joy Ride Yes No John Dahl
2002 Jackass: The Movie Yes No Jeff Tremaine
Adaptation Yes No Spike Jonze
Star Trek Nemesis Yes No Stuart Baird
2003 Cradle 2 the Grave Yes No Andrzej Bartkowiak
Seabiscuit Yes No Gary Ross
Bad Santa Yes No Terry Zwigoff
2004 Spider-Man 2 Yes No Sam Raimi
The Bourne Supremacy Yes No Paul Greengrass
2005 Sky High Yes Yes Mike Mitchell
Constantine Yes No Francis Lawrence
The Dukes of Hazzard Yes No Jay Chandrasekhar
2006 The Pink Panther Yes No Shawn Levy
Failure to Launch Yes No Tom Dey
2007 Spider-Man 3 Yes No Sam Raimi
Live Free or Die Hard Yes No Len Wiseman
The Bourne Ultimatum Yes No Paul Greengrass
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Yes No Dennis Dugan
2009 Race to Witch Mountain Yes Yes Andy Fickman
Drag Me to Hell Yes No Sam Raimi
2010 Jonah Hill Yes No Jimmy Hayward
You Again Yes No Andy Fickamn
Grown Ups Yes No Dennis Dugan
Faster Yes No George Tillman Jr.
Due Date Yes No Todd Phillips
2011 Paul Yes No Greg Mottola
Just Go With It Yes No Dennis Dugan
Seeking Justice Yes No Roger Donaldson
Jack and Jill Yes No Dennis Dugan
2012 Ted Yes Yes Seth MacFarlane
Red Dawn Yes Yes Dan Bradley
2013 Oz: The Great and Powerful Yes Yes Sam Raimi
Grown Ups 2 Yes No Dennis Dugan
Her Yes No Spike Jonze
The Last Stand Yes No Kim Jee-woon
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West Yes Yes Seth MacFarlane
Earth to Echo Yes Yes Dave Green
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Snow unit No Jonathan Liebesman
2015 Ted 2 Yes Yes Seth MacFarlane
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Yes Yes Andy Fickman
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Live action unit No Paul Tibbitt and Mike Mitchell
The Ridiculous Six Yes Yes Frank Coraci
2016 The Do-Over Yes Yes Steven Brill
2017 XXX: Return of Xander Cage Yes No D.J. Caruso
Bright Yes No David Ayer
2018 Night Hunter Yes No David Raymond
2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Yes No Chad Stahelski
Little Women Yes No Greta Gerwig
Ford v Ferrari Yes No James Mangold
2020 Birds of Prey Yes No Cathy Yan
Mulan Yes Yes Niki Caro
2021 Don't Look Up Yes No Adam McKay
The Matrix Resurrections Yes No Lana Wachowski
2022 Uncharted Yes Yes Ruben Fleischer
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Yes Yes Chad Stahelski
Shazam: Fury of the Gods No Yes David F. Sandberg
The Family Plan No Yes Simon Cellan Jones
2024 The Union No Yes Julian Farino
2025 Tron: Ares Yes Yes Joachim Rønning
Unreleased Batgirl Yes Yes Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah

References

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  1. ^ "Scott Rogers - Broadway World". Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Stunt Coordinator Scott Rogers Takes John Wick to the Next Level". Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "FYC: Stunt Coordinator/2nd Unit Director SCOTT ROGERS talks the action and stunts of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 – Exclusive Interview". Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ "John Wick: Chapter 4 Stunt Coordinators On Car Chases & Overhead Action". Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Scott Rogers - Turner Classic Movies". Retrieved 2 November 2024.