Jeff Imada

Infobox Person
name = Jeff Imada


image_size =
spouse = Susan Imada
birth_date = birth date and age|1955|06|17
birth_place = Inglewood, California, United States
occupation = Actor;Director; Stuntman

Jeff Imada (born June 17 1955) is a martial artist, stuntman, director, and actor from California. He has performed stunts in over 100 movies and televison programs and authored one of the first books published in the US about the balisong knife.

Biography

Jeff Imada was born in Inglewood, California, USA, where he began studying martial arts at the age of fifteen. At El Camino College and UCLA, he majored in pre-med and minored in music. While in college, he started working as a movie "extra," which led to his becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Stunts Unlimited and the Directors Guild of America. Jeff Imada has been the technical advisor on numerous films, including Dutch (1991), Tango & Cash (1989), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Dreamscape (1984), and Streets of Fire (1984), and such television series as "Magnum, P.I." (1980), "Remington Steele" (1982), "Dynasty" (1981), "Matt Houston" (1982), "Airwolf" (1984), "Stingray" (1986), "Hart to Hart" (1979) and "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (1982).

He was a close friend to Brandon Lee with whom he studied Jeet Kune Do under the tuteledge of Dan Inosanto and was the primary fight coreographer on Lee's final film, The Crow. Harvard reference | Surname=Beasley | Given=Jerry| Title=Jeet Kune Do Experience: Understanding Bruce Lee's Ultimate Martial Art | Publisher=Paladin Press | Year=2001 | Pages=216 |isbn=158160131X]

Imada has authored two books on the history and use of the Balisong knife.Harvard reference | Surname=Imada| Given=Jeff| Title=The Balisong Manual | Year=1984 | Pages=130|publisher=Unique Publications|location=California|isbn=0865681023 ] Harvard reference | Surname=Imada| Given=Jeff| Title=The Advanced Balisong Manual | Year=1987 | Pages=216|publisher=Unique Publications|location=California|isbn=0865681171 ] "The Balisong Manual" was one of the first books published in the US about this unusual knife.

Filmography

[cite web | title = Jeff Imada Filmography | work = Internet Movie Database | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408001/ | accessdate = 03 October 2008 ]
* Mask of the Ninja (2008)(stunts)
* Role Models (2008) (stunt coordinator)
* Balls of Fury (2007) (stunts)
* The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) (fight stunt coordinator)
* Planet Terror (2007) (stunts)
* The Gene Generation (2007) (stunt action director)
* Park (2006) (stunt coordinator)
* When a Stranger Calls (2006) (stunt coordinator)
* In Her Shoes (2005) (stunt coordinator)
* Serenity (2005) (stunts)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) (utility stunts)
* The Hard Easy (2005) (stunts)
* Collateral (2004) (stunts) (uncredited)
* The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (fight stunt coordinator)
* The Ladykillers (2004) (stunts)
* Spartan (2004) (stunt coordinator)
* Stuck on You (2003) (stunts)
* Daredevil (2003) (stunt coordinator) (wire choreographer)
* 8 Mile (2002) (stunt coordinator)
* Serving Sara (2002) (stunt coordinator)
* The Time Machine (2002) (stunt coordinator)
* Rock Star (2001) (stunts)
* Ghosts of Mars (2001) (stunt coordinator)
* Ticker (2001) (stunts)
* Little Nicky (2000) (stunt coordinator)
* Forever Lulu (2000) (stunt coordinator)
* The Kid (2000) (utility stunts)
* Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) (stunts)
* Wonder Boys (2000) (stunt coordinator)
* Hanging Up (2000) (stunts)
* The Green Mile (1999) (stunt coordinator)
* Fight Club (1999) (stunt coordinator) (uncredited) (stunts)
* Crazy in Alabama (1999) (stunt coordinator)
* Enemy of the State (1998) (stunt player)
* Rush Hour (1998) (stunts)
* Blade (1998) (stunt coordinator: additional photography) (stunts)
* The Negotiator (1998) (stunts)
* Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) (stunts) (uncredited)
* Armageddon (1998/I) (stunts)
* Vampires (1998) (stunt coordinator)
* U.S. Marshals (1998) (stunts)
* The Replacement Killers (1998) (stunts)
* Most Wanted (1997) (stunts)
* Nothing to Lose (1997) (stunts)
* L.A. Confidential (1997) (stunt coordinator)
* Volcano (1997) (stunts)
* Spy Game (1997)(stunt coordinator)
* Dante's Peak (1997) (stunt coordinator: second unit)
* Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) (stunts)
* Marshal Law (1996)(stunts)
* The Glimmer Man (1996) (stunts)
* Escape from L.A. (1996) (stunt coordinator)
* Spy Hard (1996) (stunts)
* From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Imada)
* Heat (1995) (stunts)
* Money Train (1995) (stunts)
* Jade (1995) (stunts)
* To the Limit (1995) (stunts: Los Angeles)
* The Last Word (1995) (stunts)
* Waterworld (1995) (stunts)
* (1995) (stunt coordinator)
* Mortal Kombat (1995) (fire stunt double: Scorpion)
* Village of the Damned (1995) (stunt coordinator) (stunts)
* In the Mouth of Madness (1995) (stunt coordinator) (stunts)
* One Tough Bastard (1995) (stunts)
* Double Dragon (1994) (stunt coordinator)
* Vanashing Son (1994) (stunts)
* The Crow (1994) (stunt coordinator)
* (1994) (stunts)
* Vanishing Son(1994) (TV) (stunts)
* On Deadly Ground (1994) (stunts)
* The Criminal Mind (1993) (stunts)
* Showdown (1993/I) (stunt coordinator)
* Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Imada)
* Undercover Blues (1993) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Imada)
* Body Bags (1993) (TV) (stunt coordinator)
* Rising Sun (1993) (stunt coordinator)
* Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) (stunts)
* Excessive Force (1993) (stunts)
* Robot Wars (1993) (stunts)
* Falling Down (1993) (stunts)
* Rapid Fire (1992) (stunt coordinator)
* Raven (1992) TV series (stunt coordinator)
* Patriot Games (1992) (stunts)
* Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) (stunt coordinator)
* Kuffs (1992) (stunts)
* (1991) (stunts)
* Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) (stunts)
* V.I. Warshawski (1991) (stunts)
* Point Break (1991) (stunts)
* Fever (1991) (TV) (stunt coordinator)
* The Perfect Weapon (1991) (stunts)
* (1991) (stunts)
* Kindergarten Cop (1990) (stunts)
* Captain America (1990) (stunts)
* The Rookie (1990) (stunts)
* (1990) (TV) (stunt coordinator)
* Marked for Death (1990) (stunts)
* Come See the Paradise (1990) (stunts)
* Ghost Dad (1990) (stunts)
* The Last of the Finest (1990) (stunts)
* Angel Town (1990) (stunt coordinator)
* Tremors (1990) (stunts)
* Why Me? (1990) (stunts)
* Vietnam, Texas (1990) (stunts)
* Tango & Cash (1989) (stunts)
* Road House (1989) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Imada)
* Hyper Space (1989) (stunt coordinator)
* Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Imada)
* Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) (stunts)
* (1989) (stunts)
* Gleaming the Cube (1989) (stunts)
* One Man Force (1989) (stunts)
* They Live (1988) (stunt coordinator)
* The Dead Pool (1988) (stunts)
* The Presidio (1988) (stunts)
* Prince of Darkness (1987) (stunt coordinator)
* Beauty and the Beast (1987) TV series (stunts)
* Steele Justice (1987) (stunts)
* Lethal Weapon (1987) (stunts)
* The Golden Child (1986) (stunts)
* Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (stunts)
* (1986) (stunts)
* Gung Ho (1986) (stunts)
* Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) (stunts)
* House (1986) (stunts)
* Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) (stunts)
* (1985) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Imada)
* (1985) (stunts)
* Dreamscape (1984)
* Uncommon Valor (1983) (stunts)
* Breathless (1983) (stunts)
* Fire and Ice (1983) (stunts)
* Blue Thunder (1983) (stunts)
* The A-Team (1983) TV series (stunts)
* Matt Houston (1982) TV series (stunts)
* Blade Runner (1982) (stunts)

Links

* [http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/jeff-imada/ MSN Movies]

References