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International Stunt School
Three-week residential programme — the standard US entry route.
Training school · Seattle, Washington · Est. 1991
About
International Stunt School
The International Stunt School was founded in 1991 in Seattle by long-time coordinator Bob Yerkes (who had run an earlier informal training programme on his backyard rigging) and continues today as one of the most-cited US stunt-training entry points. The programme runs in a three-week residential format covering rigging fundamentals, high-fall progression up to roughly 60 feet, fire-burn safety, basic vehicle work, and unarmed-fight choreography.
The school is structured as a feeder for the working performer pool: graduates leave with a documented training record and a network of instructor references. A substantial fraction of currently-credited US stunt performers attended at some point in their early career.
Curriculum
Disciplines covered
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Notable alumni
Performer-and-coordinator alumni are wired in once phase 2 of the stunt-section roadmap lands — same person × school mapping pattern CineCanon already uses for film-school alumni on the crew pages.
References
Further reading
- International Stunt School officialInternational Stunt Schoolstudio page