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George Cottle, Jr.

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George Cottle, Jr. is a British-American stuntman and second unit director, most known for his work with Christopher Nolan and films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Career

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In 2019, Cottle, Jr. got his start in second unit directing with Spider-Man: Far From Home, after previously served as stunt coordinator in previous MCU films including Ant-Man and the Wasp and Spider-Man: Homecoming and on the films of Christopher Nolan. He returned for Spider-Man: No Way Home.[1]

In 2024, he served as supervising stunt coordinator and second unit director on Deadpool and Wolverine for Shawn Levy, who allowed him into the editing room to help with the editing and direction.[2][3]

Among the other films he directed second unit on include Red Notice, Barbie, and Haunted Mansion.

Filmography

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Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director
2002 28 Days Later Yes No Danny Boyle
2004 Shaun of the Dead Yes No Edgar Wright
2005 Batman Begins Yes No Christopher Nolan
Munich Yes No Steven Spielberg
2008 The Dark Knight Yes No Christopher Nolan
2009 Terminator Salvation Yes No McG
2010 Inception Yes No Christopher Nolan
2011 X-Men: First Class Yes No Matthew Vaughn
2012 John Carter Yes No Andrew Stanton
The Dark Knight Rises Yes No Christopher Nolan
Zero Dark Thirty Yes No Martin Campbell
2013 Star Trek: Into Darkness Yes No J.J. Abrams
Captain Phillips Yes No Paul Greengrass
2014 Interstellar Yes No Christopher Nolan
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Yes No Wes Ball
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Yes No Jon Watts
Kong: Skull Island Yes No Jordan Vogt-Roberts
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Yes No Peyton Reed
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Yes Yes Jon Watts
2020 Tenet Yes No Christopher Nolan
2021 Red Notice Yes Yes Rawson Marshall Thurber
Spider-Man: No Way Home Yes Yes Jon Watts
2023 Oppenheimer Yes No Christopher Nolan
Barbie Yes Yes Greta Gerwig
Haunted Mansion Yes Yes Justin Simien
2024 Deadpool and Wolverine Yes Yes Shawn Levy

References

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  1. ^ "George Cottle - British Stunt Register". Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  2. ^ ""Deadpool & Wolverine" Stunt Coordinator & Second Unit Director George Cottle on the Comically Ultra-Violent Style". 27 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Ryan Reynolds Praises Stunt Team, Calls For Oscar Stunt Category". Retrieved 29 October 2024.