Nash Edgerton
Nash Edgerton | |
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 Edgerton at a Warrior premiere in Israel on 16 October 2011 | |
| Born | 19 January 1973 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Stuntman, filmmaker |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse | Carla Ruffino (2014-present) |
| Relatives | Joel Edgerton (brother) |
Nash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director and stuntman, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films.
Life
Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and grew up in Dural, the son of Marianne Margarethe (von Dort), a homemaker, and Michael Edgerton, a solicitor/property developer.[1][2][3] His brother is actor Joel Edgerton. His mother is a Dutch immigrant, who was born in The Hague.[4][5]
He began dating Carla Ruffino in 2011 and they married on April 1, 2014. He is stepfather to her daughter, Chika Yasumura, from a previous marriage.[6][7] They have one daughter together, Zumi (born August 11, 2015).[8][9]
Career
As a stuntman, he has worked on such films as The Matrix trilogy, The Thin Red Line, Superman Returns, and, most notably, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, as the stunt double for Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi.[10] His brother Joel appeared in those same films as young Owen Lars.
He has directed four music videos for Bob Dylan ("Beyond Here Lies Nothin'", "Must Be Santa", "Duquesne Whistle", and "The Night We Called It a Day"). His feature-length directorial debut was The Square. He is the director of Gringo, released in 2018.
He is the director of Mr Inbetween, an Australian television black comedy-drama series commissioned by FX Australia starring Scott Ryan.
Filmography
- Loaded (1996) (short) co-directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith
- Deadline (1997) (short)
- Bloodlock (1998) (short) co-directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith
- The Pitch (2001) (short)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) (stunts)
- Fuel (2003) (short)
- Lucky (2005) (short)
- The IF Thing (2005) (short)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (stunts)
- Macbeth (2006) (stunts)
- Superman Returns (2006) (stunts)
- Spider (2007) (short)
- The Square (2008) (director)
- Crossfire (2010) (music video for Brandon Flowers song)
- Hesher (2010) (stunt coordinator)
- Knight and Day (2010) (stunts)
- Bear (2011) (short)
- I Am Number Four (2011) (stunts)
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012) (stunts)
- The Wolverine (2013) (stunts)
- The Bling Ring (2013) (stunt coordinator)
- The Great Gatsby (2013) (stunts)
- Son of a Gun (2014) (actor)
- The Equalizer (2014) (stunts)
- American Ultra (2015) (stunts)/(actor)
- The Darkness (2015) (stunt coordinator)
- The Gift (2015) (stunts)/(actor)[11]
- American Express (2017)
- Gringo (2018) (director)
- Mr Inbetween (2018) (tv series) (director)
References
- ^ "Oh, brother - Film". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "'Square' director, Nash Edgerton, likes keeping audiences on edge - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.cozycot.com/gallery/article/The-Australian-premiere-of--Warrior--held-at-Event-Cinemas--Where-155736/photo/226560
- ^ https://cinemovie.tv/Interviews/joel-edgerton-nash-edgerton-talk-gringo-and-being-best-of-friends
- ^ https://issuu.com/cacagedcare/docs/cac_spring_2015_ah.compressed
- ^ "Nash burnt by wife swap prank". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Nash Edgerton on Instagram: "With my fellow #mrinbetween nominee, the awesomely talented and beautiful Chika Yasumura, before we headed out for the AACTA Awards. Both…"". Instagram. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Nash Edgerton on Instagram: "Happy Birthday to this beautiful clown 4️⃣🎉🍰🎈"". Instagram. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Nash Edgerton at IMDb
- ^ "The Gift (2015) (2015) - Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
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