Jack Gill is an American stuntman and

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. He is best known for being second unit director (alongside

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) on the ''

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'' series starting with ''

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'' (2011).

Life and career

Gill started his stunt career in 1982 on the film ''

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'' before moving into second unit directing on the 1995 film ''

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''. Gill has cited

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as his inspiration to enter the stunt world. In 1997, he co-wrote and directed ''

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'', which starred

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, and

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. In 2011, he and

were hired to respectively serve as stunt coordinator and second unit director on '' Fast Five: Rio Heist''. They later returned to work on the sequels starting with ''

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'', with Gill helping Razatos with second unit directing on ''

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'' (2015), ''

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'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2023). In 2014, he directed second unit on the 2014 film '' Ride Along'' and then returned to work on the 2016 sequel ''

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''. Other films he has directed second unit on include '' Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Watch'', '' Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'', and '' Last Holiday''.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Jack Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American stunt performers