The StuntList News Archive

There has been much speculation and conjecture presented in the media and online about this tragic event. As a community, it is important that we all be respectful and compassionate in the aftermath of this horrible accident. Our brothers and sisters on the stunt team deserve our support, and this performer’s friends and family deserve our respect and sympathy. If you are approached by the media, please decline comment and refer all questions to UBCP. If you must discuss these events online, please be respectful and realize that any speculation or commentary should be avoided, both out of

Thank you to everyone who voted in the recent proposed “National Stunt Coordinator Guidelines Vote”. Here are the results: 469 UBCP/ACTRA members with 3+ stunt related credits were emailed the vote. 171 members voted (37%) 72% of respondents voted YES to the proposed “National Stunt Coordinator Guidelines” What’s next: UBCP/ACTRA’s approval of the Guidelines will be forwarded to ACTRA National. All ACTRA branches are to have their results communicated to ACTRA National by July 31, 2017. Once all feedback has been reviewed, discussions about the potential implementation and timelines will begin

Hello Stunt Community - Very exciting news to finally share with you all on the injury & health front. I have been working with the staff at Fortius Sport & Health and WCB for years to find a way for our members who are injured at work to be treated in this world class medical facility.I've been advocating hard for early diagnosis &treatment, a multi-practitioner approach to healing, concussion clinic access and appropriate understanding and support from WCB.Up until now, this has not been possible. Effective immediately, Stunt Performers now have full and expedited access to all services at

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Film Fu is heading for the big screen! As part of Film Fu's continuing philanthropic initiative, created by award-winning feature film director, fight choreographer and stunt performer Kirk Caouette, we present to you Vancouver's inaugural "Film Fu Fight Fest"! FFFF will present a series of short films that feature predominately fighting created by members of Vancouver's stunt community. It'll be a fast and furious evening filled with punches, kicks, falls and flips that cater to your inner action hero. A Q&A with the film creators will follow the screenings. Complete with The Rio's fully

The language has changed in the Guidelines and we are good to go - now, very clearly, actors and stunt performers are BOTH considered "principal performers".Revised Guideline CLICK HEREWorkSafeBC did make one addition that everyone should be aware of:All performers (both actors and stunts) will be required to have this PADI MEDICAL FORM CLICK completed by a physician. This will be something that productions should know ahead of time so they can possibly add it to the actors initial medical if one is being done. Here is WorkSafeBC's list of approved physicians for the required SCUBA medicals

Please send any agenda items you would like discussed to lori.stewart@ubcp.com or the Stunt Committee: stunt.committee@ubcp.comWe have only one meeting per year, please save the date and plan on attendingWishing you ALL the BEST for 2017

aCurt Bonn, known primarily for his outstanding creativity in the designing and rigging stunt equipment of all types, was recently inducted into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame for his contributions to the safety of stunts.

As many of you that attended the last Stunt Community Meeting(last Dec.) or the Stunt Coordinator Meeting (in May) are aware, there will be some mandatory and/or strongly recommended courses coming to all of us in 2017. The world we work in has been changing and there is a lot more pressure being exerted on all film industry workers to understand the WorkSafeBC regulations and for everyone to understand their roles and responsibilities when it comes to health and safety at work. When this stuff really comes into play is when something goes wrong. What is it that WorkSafeBC will be asking you