Crew
Hal Needham
Hal Needham was an American stuntman, coordinator and director who doubled Burt Reynolds across most of Reynolds's lead-actor career and co-founded Stunts Unlimited in 1970. Needham transitioned from coordinator into directing with Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and continued through Hooper, The Cannonball Run, and Stroker Ace. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 2012 for contributions to the stunt-coordinator profession. He passed in 2013.
Stunts
All performers →Disciplines
Doubles for
- burt reynolds
Primary affiliation
Stunts UnlimitedLineage
Full graph →Stunt coordination is overwhelmingly an apprentice craft — picked up on second-unit floors, not in schools. The line of working coordinators that brought this performer up, and the next generation they brought up themselves.
Protégés
Career
Stats
- Credits
- 1
- 1 production
- Active
- 1974
- <1 year
Highlights
Known for
Career
Filmography
| Production | Year | Role | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chinatown | 1974 | Stunt Coordinator | — |
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Frequent collaborators
People who have worked on the most productions alongside Hal Needham.
