About this episode

The episode features an interview with Emmy-winning stunt coordinator Stephen Pope, discussing his work and insights into the film industry.

S3 Ep2 – The Pope of New York Stephen Pope is an Emmy winning stunt coordinator (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 2024) and 9-time SAG Award nominee. His most recent Emmy nomination, Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming, was for HBO’s The Penguin. Our discussion starts with the challenges of coordinating The Penguin and proceeds to dive deep into the importance of mentorship, leadership, set culture and ongoing changes in the stunt and film industries. MENTIONS: Car Chase and Fight Scene/Oz vs Sofia's Henchmen – Episode 1: https://youtu.be/luxZ6HBXEHE?si=q5yS8jrlwpd8AgFt Oz Kills Taj and Nadia - The Penguin Episode 5 Fight Scene: https://youtu.be/cf-84-RsKoI?si=jQK6jBUpabtrW0pz Oz VS Sofia Final Fight - The Penguin Episode 8 Sofia Gigante Got Arrested: https://youtu.be/vXGktiisTkg?si=p9WMekKgNYSRQ336 Stephen Pope IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691189/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Leftovers fight shot for shot remake: https://youtu.be/aUIbIa2zC-M?si=xfMp10T6igf_QXQn Support our food drive: Support our food drive: https://teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participant/NYCombatSambo FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS Do you listen to our show as an audio podcast? Give video a try. Subscribe to our…

People in this episode

Host: Film Fights With Friends

Guest: Stephen Pope

Topics covered

• stunt coordination
• mentorship
• film industry
• leadership
• set culture

Keywords

• stunt coordinator
• Emmy
• SAG Award
• The Penguin
• film industry
• mentorship
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO

Books & works: The Penguin, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Oz, Leftovers

Places: New York

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