Click on the link below called “Monstrous Crash” to see a car crash I coordinated for a film shot in Lafayette, Louisiana last December. After shooting the actual hit, we shot footage inside the car of the actors reacting to the hit. Obviously, we would never subject actors to such danger, but how we got those shots will remain a Hollywood Secret.

The stuntman driving the truck is  Sean O’Regan. He is from Lafayette and has a bright future ahead of him. The photographer in the photo is the film’s director, Toshko Chapkonov, and the DP in the video is Lorenzo Salvatore.

Toshko and the Truck

Monstrous Crash

I started coordinating stunts on my second feature in Louisiana. The new show is a Syfy Channel movie called Monster Wolf, about a spirit unleashed by oil riggers who disturb a sacred burial ground while excavating. The spirit appears in the form of a monstrous wolf, for lack of a better word, that terrorises a Louisiana community. The production company, Activity Films, operates out of Lafayette, my home town, and we’re shooting in and around Lafayette Parish.

Since the wolf demolishes everything in site, numerous stunts are required. The lead actors are Jason London, Leonor Varela and Griff Furst. Furst, a founder of Activity Films, is also a Producer.

It’s exciting for me to come full circle returning to my home town to make a film. I left Louisiana years ago because my calling was elsewhere. There were no local opportunities in film.

How times have changed.