It is with sadness we announce the passing of Roy Scammell. Roy performed stunts in some of the most iconic films of all time including: A Clockwork Orange, Alien, Midnight Express, Flash Gordon, Papillon, The Italian Job, Rollerball and many Bond films. Roy’s daughter Karen said: “I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of my remarkable […]
19th May 2021
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Kudos to the members of the J.I.S.C. – they are the forebears of the British Stunt Register association. In recent years the register had been overseen by the Joint Industry Stunt Committee, the Joint Industry Grading Scheme (JIGS) and Equity, until some stresses and strains put paid to it and the UK Stunt Community was […]
12th March 2020
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It is with heavy hearts we recall the loss of Frank Henson in 2019 and announce the most recent and sudden passing of Brian “Sonny” Nickels on 15th January 2020. Both gentlemen were consummate stunt performers and action coordinators, highly respected and well loved by their fellow British Stunt Register members and the stunt community. […]
20th February 2020
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The answer in brief is that we want audiences and enthusiasts to ENJOY STUNTS RESPONSIBLY. Last year we added this statement to our home page but it’s a little out of the way down the bottom, so here it is to recap: Stunts performed or designed by our members for the screen are carefully risk […]
11th February 2020
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2019 saw the conclusion of our latest grade scheme review and redevelopment. In addition to making overdue and essential changes to this, we collaborated with independent safety companies to develop Health & Safety seminars that educate and support our members at each stage of their career progression, and apply in practical ways every day in […]
29th January 2020
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The SAG-AFTRA Stunt and Safety Department and SAG-AFTRA National Stunt Committee have become aware of inferior ‘knock off’ stunt/flying harnesses infiltrating the stunt performing community here and abroad. One harness failure incident has already been reported. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Please share this bulletin with anyone who owns a harness or who works in […]
15th March 2018
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In 2017, two stunt performers were killed during rehearsals whilst working on shows in the US. The accidents involving Joi Harris on ‘Deadpool 2’ and John Berknecker on ‘The Walking Dead’ have sparked more conversation about safety standards for stunts in the film and television industry. The article below gives a good insight into some […]
7th February 2018
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The British Stunt Register (BSR), formerly known as the Joint Industry Stunt Committee (JISC) stunt register, is now up and running and already making changes to bring the UK film and television stunt community into the 21st century. Plans to update the Stunt Grading Scheme, health & safety and performance training will bring members of […]
7th February 2018
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Over 100 members of The British Stunt Register received honours from the 24th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in Los Angeles once again highlighting the incredible talent of our members. The awards were given for ‘Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Ensembles’ on massive Warner Bros film ‘Wonder Woman’ and popular HBO TV series […]
7th February 2018
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