David R. Ellis
David R. Ellis
David Richard Elliswas an American film director and stuntman born in Santa Monica, California in 1952...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
character home stuff
You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what you're doing and make the action work for that and for the character.
guy stuff fans
I like Soderbergh, Spielberg, Lucas. There's a lot of talented guys out there obviously, and if you're a fan of films, you have to look at that stuff and learn from them.
mean stuff underwater
It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.
behind camera car cars cool middle rigged side stuff trailers
They had some really cool rigged cars and things that were different that they would tow behind the camera car that were actually on these trailers that manipulated side to side and stuff like they were getting hit, and actually put the actor right in the middle of the chase.
actual boats jet runners showing stuff towards
No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.
people
Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.
children interesting columbus
Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.
thinking comedy
Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.
car motorcycle
I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.
common snooping policy
Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common.
break-up thinking games
I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.
taxi-cabs car weapons
No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.
car tvs helicopters
So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.
fun mean water
Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day.