David R. Ellis
David R. Ellis
David Richard Elliswas an American film director and stuntman born in Santa Monica, California in 1952...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
car motorcycle
I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.
people
Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.
character home stuff
You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what you're doing and make the action work for that and for the character.
children interesting columbus
Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.
thinking comedy
Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.
guy stuff fans
I like Soderbergh, Spielberg, Lucas. There's a lot of talented guys out there obviously, and if you're a fan of films, you have to look at that stuff and learn from them.
mean stuff underwater
It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.
common snooping policy
Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common.
taxi-cabs car weapons
No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.
car tvs helicopters
So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.
fun mean water
Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day.
important different lines
Yeah, getting the company that would help advertise and cross promote the movie on the release was an important factor for New Line, so we went out to a lot of different companies.
zero law damn
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.
break-up thinking games
I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.