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Brian Smrz (born c. 1960), also Brian Delaney Smrz, is a Hollywood stunt coordinator and second unit director of projects such as Live Free or Die Hard, Mission: Impossible 2, Eagle Eye, Night at the Museum, Windtalkers and Superman Returns, among others. He is also the director of Hero Wanted, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ray Liotta. He won the Taurus Award twice and was nominated a third time.
Net Worth
$200,000
Date Of Birth
1960-01-01
Occupation
Stunt coordinator, second-unit director, director
Profession
Stunts, Assistant Director, Actor
Nationality
American
Nicknames
Brian Smrz, Smrz, Brian
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Fact
1
Brother of stuntman Brett Smrz. Together they performed a motorcycle jump over the Los Angeles River.
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
stunts
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
stunt coordinator: second unit
Taxi
2004/I
stunt coordinator
Signs
2002
stunt coordinator
Minority Report
2002
stunt coordinator
Windtalkers
2002
stunt coordinator
Vanilla Sky
2001
stunt coordinator
Unbreakable
2000
stunt rigger
Mission: Impossible II
2000
stunt coordinator
Inspector Gadget
1999
stunt coordinator
Blade
1998
stunts
Dead Man on Campus
1998
stunts
My Giant
1998
utility stunts
For Richer or Poorer
1997
assistant stunt coordinator
Team Knight Rider
1997
TV Series stunts
Men in Black
1997
stunt coordinator
Face/Off
1997
stunt coordinator
The Relic
1997
stunt coordinator
Barb Wire
1996
stunts
Broken Arrow
1996
train stunt coordinator
Sudden Death
1995
assistant stunt coordinator
Get Shorty
1995
stunt coordinator
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
stunts
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
stunts
Congo
1995
stunts
Casper
1995
stunts
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995
stunts
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
stunts
Color of Night
1994
stunts
Speed
1994
assistant stunt coordinator
The Flintstones
1994
stunts
On Deadly Ground
1994
stunts
A Perfect World
1993
stunts
Mr. Jones
1993
stunts
Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow
1993
Video stunt performer
Jurassic Park
1993
stunts
Warlock: The Armageddon
1993
stunts
The Sandlot
1993
stunts
Alive
1993
stunts
Distant Justice
1992
stunts
Batman Returns
1992
stunts
Poison Ivy
1992
stunts
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991
stunts
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
stuntman
Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell
1990
stunts
Street Asylum
1990
stunt coordinator
Back to the Future Part III
1990
stunts
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
1990
stunts
Sunset Beat
1990
TV Series stunts - 1 episode
Contra Conspiracy
1990
stunt co-ordinator
The Haunting of Morella
1990
stunt player
Streets
1990
stunt player
Second Sight
1989
stunts
W.B., Blue and the Bean
1989
Video stunts
Cage
1989
stunts
Back to Neverland
1989
Short stunts: live action - uncredited
Time Trackers
1989
stunts
Rescue 911
1989
TV Series documentary stunts
Death by Dialogue
1988
stunt coordinator / stunts
Twice Dead
1988
stunt performer - as Brian Smerz
Messenger of Death
1988
stunt player
Deadly Stranger
1988
stunt coordinator
The Dead Pool
1988
stunts
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
stunts
Off Limits
1988
stunts - as Brian Delaney Smrz
Big Bad Mama II
1987
stunts
Masters of the Universe
1987
stunts
Quiet Cool
1986
stunt player
Ruthless People
1986
stunts
F/X
1986
stunt player
Key Exchange
1985
stunts
The Protector
1985
stunts
Exterminator 2
1984
stunts
Grace Quigley
1984
stunt driver
George Washington
1984
TV Mini-Series stunts - 3 episodes
Kennedy
1983
TV Mini-Series stunts - 7 episodes
Taps
1981/I
stunts
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
second unit director
Fantastic Four
2015
second unit director
Terminator Genisys
2015
second unit director
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
second unit director
Iron Man Three
2013
second unit director
This Means War
2012
second unit director - uncredited
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
second unit director
X: First Class
2011
second unit director
The Hangover Part II
2011
second unit director
Hawaii Five-0
2010
TV Series second unit director - 1 episode
Knight and Day
2010
second unit director
Surrogates
2009
second unit director
Whiteout
2009
second unit director: opening sequence
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
second unit director: Canada
Eagle Eye
2008
second unit director
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
second unit director
Night at the Museum
2006
second unit director
Superman Returns
2006
second unit director: additional photography, Australia
Fantastic Four
2005/I
second unit director
Taxi
2004/I
second unit director
Paycheck
2003
second unit director
X2
2003
second unit director
Minority Report
2002
second unit director - uncredited
Windtalkers
2002
second unit director
Mission: Impossible II
2000
second unit director
Contra Conspiracy
1990
second unit director
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sudden Death
1995
Thug
Jurassic Park
1993
Driver of Grant, Sattler & Malcolm's Jeep (uncredited)
Contra Conspiracy
1990
Eddie
They All Laughed
1981
uncredited
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
24 Hours to Live
post-production
Hero Wanted
2008
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Windtalkers
2002
director of photography: second unit
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dog Ate My Homework
2010
Short producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Asymmetrical Warfare: The Making of 'Eagle Eye'
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
John Woo: A Life in Pictures
2007
Video short
Himself
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
Video documentary
Himself
M:I-2 Impossible Shots
2000
Video documentary short
Himself
M:I-2 Mission Incredible
2000
Video short
Himself
The Making of 'Speed'
1994
TV Special documentary short
Himself
HBO First Look
1994
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2008
Taurus Award
World Stunt Awards
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
2001
Taurus Award
World Stunt Awards
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Action Sequence
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
2001
Taurus Award
World Stunt Awards
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Feature Film
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
2015
Taurus World Stunt Award
World Stunt Awards
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
2014
Taurus Award
World Stunt Awards
Best Stunt Coordination and/or 2nd Unit Direction
Iron Man Three (2013)
2012
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
X: First Class (2011)
2005
Taurus Award
World Stunt Awards
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
Taxi (2004)
Known for movies
24 Hours to Live as Director
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) as Stunts
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Iron Man Three (2013) as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director