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Darrin Prescott (born December 2, 1968) is an American stunt performer, film director, second unit director, and actor, most well known for his work on the John Wick series and the 2017 film Baby Driver.

Life and career

Prescott got his start in stuntwork with the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Eraser before moving into second unit directing with the 2010 film Faster and the 2011 film Drive.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Prescott got his big break with the 2014 Keanu Reeves-led film John Wick, of which he served as second unit director and co-stunt coordinator. He was awarded with a Taurus World Stunt Award.^[1] He would later return to work on John Wick: Chapter 2 in 2017 and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum in 2019.

Also in 2017, Prescott served as stunt coordinator and second unit director on the Edgar Wright film Baby Driver. Prescott saw this as his biggest undertaking yet due to the complicated stuntwork involved.^[2]^[3]

His next project was the 2018 superhero film Deadpool 2, which reunited him with his John Wick partner Jonathan Eusebio.^[4]

In 2021, he served as second unit director for Cate Shortland on Black Widow.^[5]

Other films Prescott has served as second unit director on include Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ford v. Ferrari, Term Life, Stand Up Guys, Madame Web, The Hunter's Prayer, and Deadpool 2.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Stunts	Second unit director	Director
1996	Eraser	Yes	No	Chuck Russell
	Jingle All the Way	Yes	No	Brian Levant
	Independence Day	Yes	No	Roland Emmerich
	Mars Attacks!	Yes	No	Tim Burton
1997	Batman & Robin	Yes	No	Joel Schumacher
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Yes	No	Steven Spielberg
	G.I. Jane	Yes	No	Ridley Scott
	The Postman	Yes	No	Kevin Costner
1998	Blade	Yes	No	Stephen Norrington
1999	Being John Malkovich	Yes	No	Spike Jonze
	Wild Wild West	Yes	No	Barry Sonnenfeld
	Fight Club	Yes	No	David Fincher
2000	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Yes	No	Brian Levant
2001	Monkeybone	Yes	No	Henry Selick
2002	Jackass: The Movie	Yes	No	Jeff Tremaine
2002	Adaptation	Yes	No	Spike Jonze
2003	Daredevil	Yes	No	Mark Steven Johnson
	The Matrix Reloaded	Yes	No	The Wachowski Brothers
	The Matrix Revolutions	Yes	No	The Wachowski Brothers
	The Cat in the Hat	Yes	No	Bo Welch
2004	Van Helsing	Yes	No	Stephen Sommers
	The Ladykillers	Yes	No	Joel and Ethan Coen
	Spider-Man 2	Yes	No	Sam Raimi
	The Bourne Supremacy	Yes	No	Paul Greengrass
2005	Cursed	Yes	No	Wes Craven
	Herbie Fully Loaded	Yes	No	Angela Robinson
	The Dukes of Hazzard	Yes	No	Jay Chandrasekhar
	Serenity	Yes	No	Joss Whedon
2006	Jackass Number Two	Yes	No	Jeff Tremaine
2006	Beerfest	Yes	No	Jay Chandrasekhar
2007	Spider-Man 3	Yes	No	Sam Raimi
2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	Yes	No	Paul Greengrass
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Yes	No	Steven Spielberg
2009	Public Enemies	Yes	No	Michael Mann
	Angels & Demons	Yes	No	Ron Howard
	The Hangover	Yes	No	Todd Phillips
	Where the Wild Things Are	Yes	No	Spike Jonze
2010	Faster	Yes	Yes	George Tillman, Jr.
2011	Paul	Yes	No	Greg Mottola
	Bridesmaids	Yes	No	Paul Feig
	Drive	Yes	Yes	Nicolas Winding Refn
	Texas Killing Fields	Yes	Yes	Ami Canaan Mann
2012	Contraband	Yes	Yes	Baltasar Kormákur
	Killing Them Softly	Yes	Yes	Andrew Dominik
	Red Dawn	Yes	No	Dan Bradley
	Stand Up Guys	Yes	Yes	Fisher Stevens
2013	The Last Stand	Yes	Yes	Kim Jee-woon
2013	2 Guns	Yes	Yes	Baltasar Kormákur
2014	John Wick	Yes	Yes	Chad Stahelski
2014	Walk of Shame	Yes	Yes	Steven Brill
2015	Ted 2	Yes	No	Seth MacFarlane
2015	Paper Towns	No	Yes	Jake Schreier
2016	Captain America: Civil War	No	Yes	Anthony and Joe Russo
2016	Term Life	Yes	Yes	Peter Billingsley
2017	John Wick: Chapter 2	Yes	Yes	Chad Stahelski
	The Hunter's Prayer	No	Yes	Jonathan Mostow
	Baby Driver	Yes	Yes	Edgar Wright
2018	Black Panther	Yes	Yes	Ryan Coogler
2018	Deadpool 2	No	Yes	David Leitch
2019	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	Yes	Yes	Chad Stahelski
2019	Ford v. Ferrari	No	Yes	James Mangold
2021	Black Widow	No	Yes	Cate Shortland
2021	The Matrix Resurrections	Yes	No	Lana Wachowski
2022	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	No	Yes	Ryan Coogler
2024	Madame Web	No	Yes	S.J. Clarkson
2025	From the World of John Wick: Ballerina	No	Yes	Len Wiseman