#015 Behind the Scenes with Hollywood stuntman and 2nd unit director Denney Pierce

#015 Behind the Scenes with Hollywood stuntman and 2nd unit director Denney Pierce

We go behind the scenes of movies like Fast & Furious 7, Venom and Mission Impossible to explain the technical aspects of how a stunt sequence is set up in a blockbuster movie. From jumping out of cars at over 25 mph, smashing into parked cars at high speeds, and crashing out of windows to hit the ground at high impact, Denny discusses the excitement of living ‘the stunt life’. He explains the stuntman hustle, how he created ‘the clothesline’ stunt, and how he exploded off an air-ramp in flames ending up in the burns center. When Denney isn’t risking his life for our cinematic enjoyment he can be found at his restaurant Quincy Street in Oxnard, California. Video The video episode is available to subscribers of Greg’s Thinkspot channel. About Denney Pierce Denney is a Hollywood stuntman, stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director who has worked in major motion pictures and television shows like the Fast & Furious Mission Impossible franchises, Captain America: Civil War, GI: Joe, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Goonies and hundreds more.

Lex Lang talks with Greg Ellis

Greg Ellis and Lex Land discuss voice acting, the audition process, the relationship between philosophy and the artist, sound verbal behavior, the ABC's of Alive coaching, Iain McGilchrist's film The Divided Brain, meditation techniques and the comparative state of (anti) social media. Lex Lang is a voice actor, and Chopra Center University Meditation Instructor, who has been voicing characters in Animation, Video Games, Anime, and Hollywood Blockbusters for over 24 years. Some of his iconic roles are Dr. Neo Cortex in The Crash Bandicoot franchise, Major Vonreg in Star Wars Resistance, and Wargreymon in Digimon, among hundreds of other well known characters including Batman, Poe Dameron, Han Solo, Dr. Doom and many more. He is also a Los Angeles based meditation instructor and has been teaching primordial sound meditation since 2014.

Eric Rogers talks with Greg Ellis

Showrunner Eric Rogers is a prolific television, film, and comic book writer whose produced credits include the Emmy-winning Futurama and NYPD Blue as well as Stretch Armstrong, Teen Titans Go and Skylanders Academy.