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Scott Leva

Scott Leva is a Academy Award-winning stuntman and stunt coordinator who entered stuntwork in the 1970s.

Biography

Spider-Man

In 1985, Scott was tapped by Cannon Films & Joseph Zito (who was the 2nd director to replace Tobe Hooper as being the first director attached for Spider-Man) to play Spider-Man in their adaptation of the comics. He was also the actor on the first photographic cover of a Spider-Man comic book, appearing as Peter Parker, half-way in costume, on The Amazing Spider-Man, #262 (cover date March 1985). He can be seen in costume as Spider-Man, on the blooper reel for the 2000 film X-Men, on which he served as a stunt-coordinator.

Safety equipment designer

After a friend died doing a high fall, Scott started to tinker with the standard airbags used by stunt performers and eventually designed an airbag with a different structure. The older airbags had a tendency to throw a stunt performer if they didn't hit the bag perfectly, the new bag uses a different arrangements of air bladders and a less slippery top layer to help the performer to stay on the bag. He was awarded a Science and Technical Oscar for this design.

Awards

  • 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best High Work for a 125-foot fall onto the top of a car on
  • 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best Overall Stunt Performer as stunt coordinator on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
  • 2006 Academy Awards Science and Technical Oscar for his design of a safer air bag for high fall stunt work

Filmography highlights

Stunts or Stunt Coordinator

  • Changeling (2008) (utility stunts)
  • ' (stunt rigger) (utility stunts)
  • Dexter (stunt rigger) (1 episode, 2007)
  • 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2007) (TV) (utility stunts)
  • Hannah Montana (stunt rigger)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) (utility stunts)
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006) (assistant stunt coordinator)
  • Crank (2006) (stunt safety)
  • Zoom (2006) (stunts)
  • World Trade Center (2006) (stunts)
  • Everybody Hates Chris (2005) TV series (stunt rigger)
  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) (stunts)
  • Desperate Housewives (2004) TV series (stunt rigger)
  • Collateral (2004) (stunts)
  • World's Finest (2004) (aerial stunt effects coordinator) (stunt coordinator)
  • 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards (2003) (TV) (utility stunts)
  • Taken (2003) (stunts)
  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) (assistant stunt coordinator) (stunts: high fall)
  • Enterprise (2001) TV series (stunt double)
  • The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2001) TV series (utility stunts)
  • X-Men (2000) (stunt coordinator: second unit) (stunts)
  • Timecop (1997) TV series (stunts)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) TV series (stunts)
  • Space Truckers (1996) (stunt double) (stunts)
  • Nash Bridges (1996) TV series (stunt performer)
  • Baywatch Nights (1995) TV series (stunts)
  • Sliders (1995) TV series (stunts)
  • OP Center (1995) (TV) (stunts)
  • ' (1995) TV series (stunts)
  • ' (1993) TV series (stunts)
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) TV series (stunt double)
  • ' (1993) (stunts)
  • ' (1993) TV series (stunts)
  • Hook (1991) (stunts)
  • ' (1991) (stunts)
  • The Rocketeer (1991) (stunts)
  • ' (1989) (stunt coordinator) (stunts)
  • ' (1989) (stunts)
  • The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) (stunt coordinator)
  • Troma's War (1988) (stunt coordinator)
  • Prime Evil (1988) (stunt double) (stunts)
  • The Big Giver (1988) (stunt coordinator)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) TV series (stunts)
  • Beauty and the Beast (1987) TV series (stunts)
  • Prizzi's Honor (1985) (stunts)
  • The Toxic Avenger (1985) (stunt coordinator)
  • Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) (stunt coordinator)
  • Turk 182 (1985) (stunts)
  • The Cotton Club (1984) (stunts)
  • Splash (1984) (stunts)
  • The World According to Garp (1982) (stunts)
  • Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) (stunts)
  • Superman (1978) (stunts)

Actor

Film

Television

  • Dynasty (1983, 1 episode, as waiter)
  • ' (1989, Episode: ', as Command Division Officer)
  • Santa Barbara (1991, 1 episode, as Thug No. 1)
  • ' (1996, Episode: ', as Ramirez, uncredited)
  • ' (1996, Episode: ', as Fredick, uncredited)
  • ' (1996, Episode: A Model Murder, as Ray Donovan)
  • ' (1997, Episode: Sex, Lies and Videotape, as Thug)
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997, Episode: Soldiers of the Empire, as Ortakin)
  • Nash Bridges (1999, Episode: Power Play, as Mobster 2)
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999, Episode: What You Leave Behind, as Jem'Hadar Guard, uncredited)
  • Relic Hunter (1999, Episode: Transformation, as Tough Hombre #1)
  • The Sarah Silverman Program (2010, Episode: A Slip Slope, as Fireman #4)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

  • Ritual (2001/I) (second unit director)
  • Pilgrim (2000) (second unit director)
  • If Dog Rabbit (1999) (second unit director)
  • The Heist (1999) (second unit director)
  • Southern Cross (1999) (second unit director)
  • Gangster World (1998) (TV) (second unit director)
  • Mars (1998) (second unit director)
  • Acts of Betrayal (1997) (second unit director)
  • Mercenary (1997) (TV) (second unit director)
  • The Journey: Absolution (1997) (second unit director)
  • Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1997) (TV) (second unit director)

Director

  • The Greatest Show Ever (2007) (TV)

References

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