David Leitch
Biography: David Leitch (/liːtʃ/; born November 16, 1975) is an American filmmaker, stunt performer, coordinator, and actor. He made his directorial debut in the action film John Wick(2014) with Chad Stahelski, though only Stahelski was credited. He later also directed the films Atomic Blonde (2017), Deadpool 2(2018), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Bullet Train(2022), and The Fall Guy (2024). Leitch graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations in 1993. Leitch was a stunt double for Brad Pitt five times and twice for Jean-Claude Van Damme Leitch and his crew won two awards for The Bourne Ultimatum at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. He also shared a 2008 Taurus World Stunt Award with fellow stunt person Kai Martin for high work. He wrote and starred in Confessions of an Action Star, a parody of action films and the film industry released in 2009. Leitch and Chad Stahelski opened an action design production company called 87Eleven in 1997. In 2009, Stahelski and Leitch were second-unit directors and stunt coordinators on Ninja Assassin. The two co-directed the 2014 film John Wick, although Leitch himself was not credited as co-director. Leitch executive produced the three John Wick sequels, which Stahelski solo directed. He moved on to direct films such as Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw with his wife and creative partner Kelly McCormick serving as a producer. In 2022, he also directed Pitt in the action-thriller Bullet Train. In September 2020, Leitch signed on to direct and produce the stuntman drama The Fall Guy for Universal Pictures. Drew Pearce wrote the screenplay, and Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt starred. Based on the 1980s television series of the same name, the film was released in the United States on May 3, 2024. In January 2019, Leitch signed on to direct Undying Love, based on the limited comic book series by Tomm Coker and Daniel Freedman, for Studio 8. In July 2022, it was announced that Leitch would direct the television miniseries Hot Air, starring Andrew Garfield as Richard Branson, based on the book Dirty Secrets by Martyn Gregory. In November 2022, Leitch became attached to direct spy thriller Red Shirt, based on a pitch by Simon Kinberg and with Channing Tatum set to star; by the end of the month, the project was picked up by Amazon Studios. Leitch was set to direct the action thriller Fast & Loose for Netflix and STXfilms, with Will Smith set to star, but by March 2022, he left the project to focus instead on The Fall Guy. Leitch was in discussions to direct a new Jurassic Park film scheduled for July 2, 2025, but left the project over creative differences; Gareth Edwards ultimately directed the film. Leitch dated actress Maggie Q from 2009 to 2011. He has been married to executive producer Kelly McCormick since 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Leitch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nine Lives
2002-08-26
Nine Lives
Overview: Nine friends seclude themselves in an old, isolated Scottish mansion for a birthday weekend bash. Cut off from the outside world by a snowstorm, strange behavior soon invades the group and one by one they disappear.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-26
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The King of Fighters
2009-11-05
The King of Fighters
Overview: The surviving members of three legendary fighting clans are whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power. As the fighters enter each new world they battle that universe's native defenders, while the force that summoned them seeks to find a way to invade and infect our world.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-05
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Confessions of an Action Star
2005-01-23
Confessions of an Action Star
Overview: A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truely important, he realised he's going to have to get in touch with his roots if there's ever going to be a comeback.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-23
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Next
2007-04-25
Next
Overview: Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-25
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John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
2015-02-03
John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Overview: Short documentary that looks at a number of elements like the initial pitch for the project and the 2nd Unit action sequences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-03
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Don't F*#% With John Wick
2015-02-03
Don't F*#% With John Wick
Overview: Behind the scenes look at fight choreography and action training.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-03
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The Matrix Reloaded
2003-05-15
The Matrix Reloaded
Overview: Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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Bullet Train
2022-08-03
Bullet Train
Overview: Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-03
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King of Iron Fist Tournament
King of Iron Fist Tournament
Overview: Heihachi Mishima, head of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu and respected martial artist, announces The King of Iron Fist Tournament in which contestants from around the world are forced to fight for the ultimate prize. Some seek to use the tournament for fame and fortune. Others seek the opportunity to test their abilities while others enter in order to gather intel about the tournament and the motives of those behind it. One seeks vengeance.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
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Escape Plan
2013-10-09
Escape Plan
Overview: Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-09
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Ninja Assassin
2009-09-29
Ninja Assassin
Overview: Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-29
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V for Vendetta
2006-02-23
V for Vendetta
Overview: In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-23
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Once Upon a Deadpool
2018-12-11
Once Upon a Deadpool
Overview: A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-11
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The Mechanic
2011-01-13
The Mechanic
Overview: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-13
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019-08-01
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Overview: Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton's ruthless actions threaten the future of humanity, they join forces to defeat him.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-01
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Deadpool 2
2018-05-10
Deadpool 2
Overview: Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-10
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013-12-03
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Overview: A nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual Marvel comic books. There are the requisite interviews with the principal cast and crew along with copious clips from the film as well as some behind the scenes footage (including a look at that supercool metallic bed that the elderly Yashida lies on in the lab in his fortress).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-03
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In Hell
2003-11-24
In Hell
Overview: A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-24
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Fetch
2007-04-15
Fetch
Overview: John 'Fetch' Fetcher is on the case. They said it would be easy. It's never easy.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-15
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The Bourne Legacy
2012-08-08
The Bourne Legacy
Overview: New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-08
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The Dukes of Hazzard
2005-08-05
The Dukes of Hazzard
Overview: Cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, with the help of their eye-catching cousin, Daisy and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse, try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner, Boss Hogg. Their efforts constantly find the 'Duke Boys' eluding authorities in 'The General Lee', their 1969 orange Dodge Charger that keeps them one step ahead of the dimwitted antics of the small southern town's Sheriff, Roscoe P. Coltrane.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-05
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The Order
2001-05-05
The Order
Overview: When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now, to find his dad and recover a sacred scroll, he'll have to outwit officials and a ruthless sect. With the help of a beautiful Israeli cop, Rudy battles a faction of religious zealots determined to see a holy war at all costs.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-05
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Ocean's Eleven
2001-12-07
Ocean's Eleven
Overview: Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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Blood, Sweat And Terrors
2018-11-06
Blood, Sweat And Terrors
Overview: Anthology film consisting of 9 shorts featuring blood, action and horror.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-06
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