SU Members Melissa Stubbs and John Stoneham Jr. discuss why stunt coordinators deserve to be recognized with an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Jack Gill has been campaigning for a stunt-category Oscar for decades, one that surely would highlight blockbuster films that audiences care about. Too bad the Academy keeps ignoring his pleas.
Stuntman Jack Gill in 1980’s The Exterminator. Photographs courtesy of Jack Gill.