87Eleven Action Design

87Eleven Action Design was founded in 1997 in Los Angeles by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch — both then long-serving stunt doubles for Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt respectively — to create a stunt collective that combined performance, choreography, and pre-visualisation in a single shop. The company moved to its current Inglewood facility in the late 2000s.

The company's signature contribution is the modern "gun-fu" choreography style — a blend of Hong Kong wire-fight rhythm with US tactical-firearms blocking — which surfaced first on The Matrix sequels and crystallised across the John Wick franchise that Stahelski directed. The team also originated the second-unit direction work on Atomic Blonde and Bullet Train, both directed by Leitch.

Beyond the studio's own films, 87Eleven operates as a contract action-design house: Marvel Cinematic Universe entries, the Deadpool franchise, Nobody, and a long list of streaming features pull from the company's choreographer and performer pool. The shop also runs an in-house training programme for new stunt entrants.