Lawrence Woodward
ACTION
“Lawrence is an independent practitioner in the action industry, his work involves taking the concepts and ideas of the current film making process and turning those ideas into unique and entertaining stunt sequences.”
An Experienced Professional
Lawrence Woodward is experienced in all aspects of creating innovative action sequences for film and television.
Action Director, Stunt Coordinator and Performer.
Qualified and experienced with an understanding of the current issues required to work as a Safety Consultant to the International Film Industry.
Co recipient of the Taurus World Stunt Award 2016 Fury Road.
(Best Second Unit Action Director Stunt Coordinator)
Portfolio Highlights
Lawrence Woodward – Action
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FILMOGRAPHY
| Year | Name | Director | Role | Creator/Stars | Summary | IMDB Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Desert King | Greg McLean | Supervising Stunt Coordinator | Creators Ben Davies, Timothy Lee Star Matt Connelly |
When the massive Lawson cattle station lacks an heir, Australia’s rival factions see a chance to seize control. The land grabs threaten to destroy the declining dynasty. | IMDB Link |
| 2022 | Wizards | David Michod | Stunt Coordinator | Director David Michôd Writers Joel Edgerton, David Michôd Stars Orlando Bloom, Naomi Scott, Pete Davidson |
The problems of two unlucky beach bar operators starts when they find stolen loot that they really should have left alone. | IMDB Link |
| 2019 | Lunacy | Daniel Askill | ||||
| 2018 | Kesari (India) | Anurag Singh | Action Director | Director Anurag Singh Writers Girish Kohli, Anurag Singh Stars Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra, Suvinder Vicky |
Based on an incredible true story of the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897. | IMDB Link |
| 2017 | Storm Boy | Shawn Seet | Stunt Coordinator | Director Shawn Seet Writers Justin Monjo, Colin Thiele Stars Finn Little, Jai Courtney, Geoffrey Rush |
When Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman starts to see images from his past that he can’t explain, he’s forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr Percival. | IMDB Link |
| 2017 | Peter Rabbit | Will Gluck | Stunt Coordinator | Director Will Gluck Writers Rob Lieber, Will Gluck, Beatrix Potter Stars James Corden, Fayssal Bazzi, Domhnall Gleeson |
A rebellious rabbit tries to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. | IMDB Link |
| 2012-3 | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | Stunt Coordinator/ Stunt Performer/Stunts | Director George Miller Writers George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris Stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult |
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max. | IMDB Link |
| 2009 | Beneath Hill 60 | Jeremy Sims | Stunt Coordinator | Director Jeremy Sims Writer David Roach Stars Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand |
In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges. | IMDB Link |
| 2007 | Australia | Baz Luhrmann | Stunt Coordinator | Director Baz Luhrmann Writers Stuart Beattie, Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood Stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams |
In 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape. | IMDB Link |
| 2007 | The Black Balloon | Elissa Down | Action Coordinator | Director Elissa Down Writers Elissa Down, Jimmy The Exploder Stars Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette |
All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother? | IMDB Link |
| 2004 | King Narasuen (Thailand) | Chatri Yokul | ||||
| 2002 | Cold Turkey | Stephen McGregor | ||||
| 2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Mark Joffe | Stunt Coordinator | Director Mark Joffe Writers Don Watson, John Clarke, Patrick McCarvilleStars Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels |
An ex lawyer now fisherman sees his fishing boat sunk by a lightning. His insurance company claims “Act of God”. Sue the insurance company or God/churches? | IMDB Link |
| 2001 | Garage Days | Alex Proyas | Stunt Coordinator | Director Alex Proyas Writers Alex Proyas, Dave Warner, Michael UdeskyStars Kick Gurry, Maya Stange, Pia Miranda |
The story of a young garage band in Sydney, Australia trying to make it big. | IMDB Link |
| 2001 | IMAX – Equus The Story of the Horse | Micheal Caulfield | ||||
| 2000 | Lantana | Ray Lawrence | Stunt Coordinator | Director Ray Lawrence Writer Andrew Bovell Stars Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Blake |
The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman’s body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney. | IMDB Link |
| 2000 | Moulin Rouge | Baz Luhrmann | Stunt Coordinator | Director Baz Luhrmann Writers Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce Stars Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo |
A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke. | IMDB Link |
| 1999 | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Richard Lowenstein | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director Richard Lowenstein Writers Richard Lowenstein, John Birmingham Stars Noah Taylor, Emily Hamilton, Romane Bohringer |
A nightmare chase through hell in a never-ending, unrequited daisy chain of desire… | IMDB Link |
| 1998 | Matrix 1 | Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski | Safety Coordinator | Directors Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Writers Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski Stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss |
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. | IMDB Link |
| 1998 | Looking for Alibrandi | Kate Woods | Stunt Coordinator | Director Kate Woods Writer Melina MarchettaStars Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia, Elena Cotta |
Alibrandi ultimately concerns a senior high school girl embracing her Italian heritage, but moving toward the less traditional Australian way of life. A wonderful cast who play their roles superbly. The film plays on several levels. It will make you laugh and cry and ultimately better realise the dramas in life, how we adapt and how cope. | IMDB Link |
| 1998 | Holy Smoke | Jane Campion | Stunt Coordinator / Stunt Performer | Director Jane Campion Writers Anna Campion, Jane Campion Stars Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton |
Ruth’s been brainwashed by a guru in Delhi, India. Her parents in Sydney hire a specialist in reversing this. Ruth is tricked to return to Australia and is isolated in an outback cabin with the specialist. It gets messy. | IMDB Link |
| 1998 | Thunderwith | Simon Wincer | ||||
| 1998 | Never Tell Me Never | David Elflick | Stunt Coordinator | Director David Elfick Writers John Cundill, Janine Shepherd Stars Claudia Karvan, Michael Caton, Diane Craig |
This is the story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car and being told she will never walk again. | IMDB Link |
| 1998 | A Wreck, A Tangle | Scott Paterson | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director Scott Patterson Writer John O’Brien Stars Anna Lise Phillips, Damian Walshe-Howling, Rebecca Frith |
Well heeled couple have a minor car prang and decide to take home the slightly crazy couple from the other car. | IMDB Link |
| 1996 – 1997 | Terra Nova | Paul Middleditch | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director Paul Middleditch Writers Martin Edmond, Paul Middleditch Stars Jeanette Cronin, Paul Kelman, Trent Atkinson |
A disturbed young woman (Jeanette Cronin) runs away from her New Zealand home and hides away in an Australian boarding house, named Terra Nova. There she finds that every one else in the boarding house is just as zany as she is, and on some levels make her seem sane despite the voices in her head and her strange visions. | IMDB Link |
| 1997 | Radiance | Rachel Perkins | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director Rachel Perkins Writer Louis NowraStars Deborah Mailman, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachael Maza |
Three sisters reunite after some years apart, for their mother’s funeral. | IMDB Link |
| 1997 | The Boys | Rowan Woods | Cast – Prison Officer | Director Rowan Woods Writers Stephen Sewell Gordon Graham Stars David Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran |
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well. | IMDB Link |
| 1997 | In the Winter Dark | James Bogle | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director James Bogle Writers Peter Rasmussen, James Bogle Tim Winton Stars Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett, Richard Roxburgh |
An intense psychological drama around four people in a remote country village; where a creature is killing the local animals. | IMDB Link |
| Year | Name | Director | Role | Creator/Stars | Summary | IMDB Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Blue Water Empire | Stephen McGregor | Safety Coordinator/Safety Supervisor | Director Steven McGregor Stars Jimi Bani, Roy Billing, Lilah Billy | Blue Water Empire is a 3-part dramatised-documentary series, giving a unique insight into the history of the Torres Strait Islands. | IMDB Link |
| 2014 | Deadline Gallipoli | Michael Rymer | Stunt Coordinator (2 episodes, 2015) | Director Michael Rymer Stars Sam Worthington, Hugh Dancy, Joel Jackson | Three journalists, Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett and Phillip Schuler, arrive at Gallipoli with the invading British and Allied troops in 1915. They will report the war but are prevented from getting out the true story of an unfolding disaster. | IMDB Link |
| 2006 | Survivors – Canyon (US) | Nick Copus | No listing | |||
| 2005 | Survivors – Opposite of Lucky (UK) | Nick Copus | No listing | |||
| 2003 | Salem’s Lot (US) | Mikael Salomon | Can’t find a credit for you. | Stars Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland | Writer Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot and discovers that it is being terrorized by vampires. | IMDB Link |
| 2000 | South Pacific(US) | Richard Pearce | Stunt Coordinator | Director Richard Pearce Writers James A. Michener, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan Stars |
During World War II, love is found between a career Navy nurse (Glenn Close) and an enigmatic French plantation owner (Rade Serbedzija), while a Princeton-educated marine (Harry Connick, Jr.) fights against his own prejudice after falling for a Tonkinese girl (Natalie Mendoza). | IMDB Link |
| Year | Name | Director | Role | Creator/Stars | Summary | IMDB Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Challenge Spain/Prague | US series # 32 | Safety Coordinator | Produced by MTV Creators Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim Stars |
Features 24 strong competitors competing for the title as they face the ultimate willpower test with unusual forms and shocking twists. | IMDB Link |
| 2016 | The Challenge Thailand | US series # 29 | Safety Coordinator | Produced by MTV Creators Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim Stars |
Features 24 strong competitors competing for the title as they face the ultimate willpower test with unusual forms and shocking twists. | IMDB Link |
| 2015 | The Challenge Mexico | US series # 28 | Safety Coordinator | Produced by MTV Creators Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim Stars |
Features 24 strong competitors competing for the title as they face the ultimate willpower test with unusual forms and shocking twists. | IMDB Link |
| 2020 | The Challenge Iceland | US series # 36 | Safety Coordinator | Produced by MTV Creators Jonathan MurrayMary-Ellis Bunim Stars |
Features 24 strong competitors competing for the title as they face the ultimate willpower test with unusual forms and shocking twists. | IMDB Link |
| 2019 | Hungry Ghosts | Shawn Seet | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director Shawn Seet Stars Bryan Brown, Clare Bowen, Catherine Van-Davies | When a tomb in Vietnam is opened on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a vengeful spirit is unleashed. May Le must rediscover her true heritage and accept her destiny to help bring balance to a community still traumatised by war. | IMDB Link |
| 2019 | Stateless | Emma Freeman | Can’t find a credit for you. | Director Emma Freeman, Jocelyn Moorhouse | Inspired by true events; a woman escaping a cult, a refugee fleeing with his family, a father trapped in a dead-end job and a bureaucrat on the verge of a national scandal find their lives intertwined in an immigration detention center. | IMDB Link |
| 2010 | The Straights | Peter Andrikititis, Rowan Woods | ||||
| 2009 | Ice (UK, shoot NZ)+ 2nd UNIT DIRECTOR | Nick Copus | ||||
| 2007 | The Pacific (US) | Stunt Coordinator (1 episode, 2010) | Director Various Stars James Badge, Dale Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda | The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines. | IMDB Link | |
| 2001 | Water Rats 2001 | |||||
| 1999 | Amazon 1999 | |||||
| 1999 | Water Rats 1999 | |||||
| 1999 | Lost World 1999 | |||||
| 1999 | Sabrina – Teenage Witch 1999 | |||||
| 1998 – 2001 | All Saints | |||||
| 1998 – 1999 | Farscape |
| Year | Name | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coke (THAILAND) | Plaza Films |
| 2019 | St George | Plaza Films |
| 2019 | Great Northern Beer | Revolver |
| 2018 | BetEasy | Plaza Films |
| 2017 | TAB | Plaza Films |
| 2016 | Bundaburg Rum | Revolver |
| 2016 | Select | Plaza Films |
| 2015 | William Hill | Plaza Films |
| 2015 | Nissan Nevara | Plaza Films |
| 2014 | RTA Safe driving | Paper Dragon |
| 2014 | Optus Yes | Plaza Films |
| 2014 | Sporting Bet | Plaza Films |
| 2013 | NZ Lotto | Plaza Films |
| 2013 | Icebreak | Plaza Films |
| 2012 | HBSC Rugby 7’s (Hong Kong) | Plaza Films |
| 2012 | Codral | Plaza Films |
| 2010 | Budweiser (World Cup) | Plaza Films |
| 2009 | ANZ | Plaza Films |
| 2008 | Fedex (Asia) | Plaza Films |
| 2008 | Mistsubishi | Plaza Films |
| 2007 | McDonalds | Silverscreen |
| 2007 | Halls & ANZ & Lotto | Plaza Fims |
| 2006 | AAMI | Plush Films |
| 2006 | Rav 4 (NZ) | Plaza Films NZ |
| 2005 | Coke & Carlton Draught | Plaza Films |
| 2005 | Toyota (NZ) | Plaza Films NZ |
| 2005 | Cascade & XXXX | Plaza Films |
| 2005 | Kinder Bueno | Flying Fish |
| 2004 | VW Bora & Smiths Crisps | Plaza Films |
| 2004 | Peugeot (France) | Prodigy |
| 2003 | Hahn Beer Campaign & Big M | Plaza Films |
| 2003 | Road Safety | Rubicon Films |
| 2002 | AXA | Luscious Films |
| 2002 | AAMI | Tank Productions |
| 2002 | Liptovan D (Japan) | Hat Productions |
| 2002 | Pepsi Max x 2 | Southern Media |
| 2002 | Fosters Beer | Flying Fish |
| 2002 | Kraft | Silverscreen |
| 2001 | Mild 7 | Hat Productions |
| 2001 | RTA & MLC & Holden & Cadbury Viking Bar | Silverscreen |
| 2001 | Panasonic | Independent Films |
| 2001 | AAMI | 8 Commercials |
| 2001 | Domino’s | Independent Films |
| 2001 | Toyota Ecco | Pod Films |
| 2000 | Fosters Light | Window Prod USA |
| 2000 | Dominos & Omnitel & Nifty & Holden Astra | Independent Films |
| 1999 | Sega | Radical Media |
| 1999 | BMW | RSA Films |
| 1999 | Hartford & Nissan | Independent Films |
