Spiro Razatos

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Spiro Razatos

Born|

Spiro Raki Razatos

(1960-08-01) August 1, 1960 (age 64)

Denver, Colorado

Nationality| American
Occupation(s)| Stunt coordinator, Second unit film director
Known for| Stunt work
Notable work| Fast & Furious film series

Spiro Razatos is an American stunt coordinator, second unit director, film director, and actor, who has been active in films for close to four decades. He is best known for being second unit director (alongside Jack Gill) on the Fast and Furious series starting with Fast Five (2011).[1]

## Life and career

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Born and raised in Denver, Colorado in 1960, Razatos stated that seeing Shaft (1973) in theaters for the first time inspired him to pursue a career in stunts.[2]

Razatos also served as second unit director and stunt coordinator on Captain America: Civil War alongside Chad Stahelski and David Leitch.[3]

Some of his other work includes The Expendables (2010), Kong: Skull Island (2017), The Gray Man (2022), Venom (2018), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).[4] He has also directed the 1991 Corey Haim and Cynthia Rothrock action film Fast Getaway, the 1994 direct-to-video horror film Class of 1999 II: The Substitute, and five episodes of the television series Team Knight Rider.

In addition to his work in Hollywood, he's also worked in Indian Cinema, beginning with Jawan (2023) and is set to work on the upcoming sequel to 2019's War.[5]

## Filmography

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### As Second unit director/Stunt coordinator

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Year  | Title  | Stunt coordinator | Second unit director | Director

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2023  | Jawan | No  | Action unit director  | Atlee
Fast X | Yes  | Yes  | Louis Leterrier
Murder Mystery 2 | No  | Yes  | Jeremy Garelick
2022  | The Gray Man | No  | Yes  | Anthony and Joe Russo
2021  | F9: The Fast Saga | Yes  | Yes  | Justin Lin
2020  | Bad Boys For Life | Uncredited  | Yes  | Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
2019  | 21 Bridges | Yes  | Yes  | Brian Kirk
2018  | Venom | Yes  | Yes  | Ruben Fleischer
2017  | Transformers: The Last Knight | No  | Yes  | Michael Bay
The Fate of the Furious | Yes  | Yes  | F. Gary Gray
Kong: Skull Island | Yes  | Yes  | Jordan Vogt-Roberts
2016  | Monster Trucks | Yes  | Yes  | Chris Wedge
Captain America: Civil War | Yes  | Yes  | Anthony and Joe Russo
2015  | Furious 7 | Yes  | Yes  | James Wan
2014  | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Yes  | Yes  | Anthony and Joe Russo
2013  | Fast & Furious 6 | Yes  | Yes  | Justin Lin
2012  | Total Recall | Yes  | Yes  | Len Wiseman
The Factory | Yes  | No  | Morgan O'Neill
2011  | X-Men: First Class | No  | Yes  | Matthew Vaughn
Fast Five | Yes  | Yes  | Justin Lin
2010  | The Expendables | Yes  | Yes  | Sylvester Stallone
2008  | Death Race | Uncredited  | Yes  | Paul W.S. Anderson
Vantage Point | Yes  | Uncredited  | Pete Travis
2006  | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Yes  | Yes  | Adam McKay
2004  | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | No  | Yes  | Alexander Witt
2003  | 21 Grams | Yes  | Yes  | Alejandro González Iñárritu
Bad Boys II | No  | Yes  | Michael Bay
2002  | The 4th Tenor | Yes  | No  | Harry Basil
2001  | Driven | Yes  | Yes  | Renny Harlin
Training Day | Yes  | No  | Antoine Fuqua
2000  | Scream 3 | Yes  | No  | Wes Craven
3000 Miles to Graceland | No  | Yes  | Demian Lichtenstein
1999  | Three Kings | Yes  | No  | David O. Russell
1995  | Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | Yes  | Yes  | Farhad Mann
Money Train | Yes  | No  | Joseph Ruben
Timemaster | Yes  | Yes  | James Glickenhaus
1994  | Beverly Hills Cop III | Yes  | No  | John Landis
1993  | Grumpy Old Men | Yes  | No  | Donald Petrie
1992  | Maniac Cop 3 | Yes  | Yes  | William Lustig
Batman Returns | Yes  | No  | Tim Burton
1990  | Darkman | Yes  | No  | Sam Raimi
Maniac Cop 2 | Yes  | Yes  | William Lustig
1989  | Crack House | Yes  | Yes  | Michael Fischa
1988  | Maniac Cop | Yes  | Yes  | William Lustig
1987  | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Yes  | Yes  | Jimmy Huston

### As director

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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1997–1998  | Team Knight Rider | Television series; 5 episodes
1994  | Class of 1999 II: The Substitute |
1991  | Fast Getaway | Directorial debut[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Fast Five" (PDF). Official Fast Five website. Universal Pictures. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
2. ^ Stunts age 10 to 15- Spiro Razatos. YouTube. MuglyWigums. October 22, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
3. ^ Hayes, Britt (April 26, 2016). "'Captain America: Civil War' Had a Little Help From the Directors of 'John Wick'". ScreenCrush. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
4. ^ "Meet Spiro Razatos, action director of Shah Rukh's Jawan, man behind award-winning stunts of Expendables, Fast & Furious". Daily News and Analysis. July 25, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
5. ^ Shah, Jigar (April 19, 2024). "Captain America's action director Spiro Razatos roped in Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR's War 2- Exclusive". Times of India. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
6. ^ "Reviews: Fast Getaway". TV Guide. Retrieved March 29, 2024.