ACTORS / PERFORMERS
Stunt Performers
Principal performers who perform potentially dangerous actions on-camera, sometimes doubling for an actor.
How they find employment:
Stunt Coordinators make recommendations to production, who make the final decision on who to hire/cast.
Types of Stunt work:
Stunt Coordinator is the head of the stunt department. Also breaks down the script and creates a budget for all stunt work. Attends all production meetings, plans and designs all stunts for the production. This includes coordinating with other departments (wardrobe, camera, props, transport, etc) about special requirements to execute the stunt.
Stunt Double is a stunt performer made to appear to look like a principal performer for the purpose of performing a stunt.
Stunt Performer is a general term used to cover a non-named character who performs a stunt on camera or a stunt performer who has an off camera job (rigger, water safety, etc).