Mark Stanton-Kelly is a London based fight coordinator, stunt performer and lead stunt double with all round onset experience and skills. Mark is experienced and known for his ability to shoot and edit previz for feature films and television. He has a varied background in martial arts, is experienced in actor training and teaching fight choreography. Among the numerous productions Mark has coordinated fights for are Black Mirror, The Agency, Meg 2: The Trench, Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the upcoming Cliffhanger. As a previz shooter Mark has worked on Gangs of London and Treadstone. His very long list of credits as a performer includes Games of Thrones, Rocketman, Wonder Woman, Snatch, Kick-Ass 2, A Good Day to Die Hard and Thor: The Dark World. Any Star Wars fan would be envious of the productions Mark Has been Part of. As a performer, has appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Season 1 of Andor. The starting point for this interview is Mark’s incredible fight coordination and previz work on seasons 1 and 2 of Andor.

Mark’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5356734/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Mark’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/project44action

British Stunt Register Page: https://britishstuntregister.com/member/mark-stanton-kelly/

MENTIONS

Mark’s Viral Video - https://youtu.be/bCXmKbioA8s?si=Vb2EY_nujIwLUWwp

Andor S 1, Ep 6 The Escape Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR7bHyVvGdY

Andor behind the scenes (Mark filming Previz at 00:40) - https://youtu.be/gSW-pARyP-M?si=cHX2HQewD8EV4z1A

Meg 2 container Ship fight scene (viz'd part starts at 2:00)

– https://youtu.be/V7Ug1QA3Ak0?si=3L2Z68hjtHaT74cI

Andor S2 trailer (some of Mark’s action shown after 00:55) - https://youtu.be/duN-KQgOjYs?si=W3KrPd_pTdapnIF4

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Avaah Blackwell is a multilingual actor and versatile stunt performer. Classically trained in Europe, Blackwell began her career as a performer after graduating from Prague Film School's "Acting for Film" program at the top of her class. She has appeared in such productions as The Handmaid’s Tale, What We Do in the Shadows, 12 Monkeys and The Umbrella Academy. Avaah is most noted for her continued presence in the Star Trek universe including 28 episodes of Star Trek Discovery in such roles as Lt. Ina, Osnullus, and many other characters; 14 episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Rebecca Romijn’s stunt double and other roles; and most recently Star Trek: Section 31. Avaah is a longtime martial artist, which she has carried into her career as an actor and stunt performer. We start this interview with a breakdown of the Una vs La’an fight from episode 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. When not working on screen, Avaah can be found supporting her love for film by working for TIFF and Sundance Film Festival.

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Avaah’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/avaahblackwell

Avaah’s website: https://www.avaahblackwell.com/

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 3 - Una vs La’an: https://youtu.be/16AqzmpXpWI?si=da5kdR0he2OGupWg

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Tom Denier Jr. is a five-time IATSE Make Up and Hair Stylist Guild Award and four-time Emmy Award nominee. He has taken home two guild awards for his work on Saturday Night Live. Tom has worked on such noted productions as FX’s Pose, which garnered him a 2021 Emmy nod, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), The Holdovers (2023), Werewolves Within (2021) and You Were Never Really Here (2017). Perhaps some of his most graphic and brutal fight scene make up appeared in season 6 of Showtime’s Ray Donovan and in S. Craig Zahler’s 2017 feature Brawl in Cell Block 99 starring Vince Vaughn.

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Tom’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/tom_denier

MENTIONS

Ray Donovan. Polish Tony Fight (S6Ep4): https://youtu.be/JIpm05yZ_7w?si=hl1ubIU3WSGl3pE1

Brawl in Cell Block 99. Face Stomp: https://youtu.be/gGHjCZE2z3o?si=pdD1qko4SXtIcDf3

Brawl in Cell Block 99. Every On Screen Death and Gore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFkshYb4ngI

Tom Denier Gold Derby Interview about Pose makeup: https://www.goldderby.com/feature/thomas-denier-jr-pose-

special-makeup-effects-video-interview-1204378598/

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Steve and Paul on CBS Morning’s Mission Impossible spot: https://vimeo.com/844597585

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