Spiro Razatos is an American stunt coordinator , second unit director , film director , and actor, who has been active in films for close to four decades. He is best known for being second unit director (alongside Jack Gill ) on the Fast and Furious series starting with Fast Five (2011).[ 1]
Life and career
Born and raised in Denver , Colorado in 1960, Razatos stated that seeing Shaft (1973) in theaters for the first time inspired him to pursue a career in stunts.[ 2]
Razatos also served as second unit director and stunt coordinator on Captain America: Civil War alongside Chad Stahelski and David Leitch .[ 3]
Some of his other work includes The Expendables (2010), Kong: Skull Island (2017), The Gray Man (2022), Venom (2018), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).[ 4] He has also directed the 1991 Corey Haim and Cynthia Rothrock action film Fast Getaway , the 1994 direct-to-video horror film Class of 1999 II: The Substitute , and five episodes of the television series Team Knight Rider .
In addition to his work in Hollywood, he's also worked in Indian Cinema , beginning with Jawan (2023) and is set to work on the upcoming sequel to 2019's War .[ 5]
Filmography
As Second unit director/Stunt coordinator
As director
References
^ "Fast Five" (PDF) . Official Fast Five website . Universal Pictures . Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2024 .
^ Stunts age 10 to 15- Spiro Razatos . MuglyWigums. October 22, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Hayes, Britt (April 26, 2016). " 'Captain America: Civil War' Had a Little Help From the Directors of 'John Wick' " . ScreenCrush . Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2024 .
^ "Meet Spiro Razatos, action director of Shah Rukh's Jawan, man behind award-winning stunts of Expendables, Fast & Furious" . Daily News and Analysis . July 25, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024 .
^ Shah, Jigar (April 19, 2024). "Captain America's action director Spiro Razatos roped in Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR's War 2- Exclusive" . The Times of India . Retrieved August 28, 2024 .
^ "Reviews: Fast Getaway" . TV Guide . Retrieved March 29, 2024 .