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George A. Aguilar

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George Augustus Aguilar is an American stuntman, second unit director and actor most known for his collaborators with directors Martin Scorsese and Donald Petrie.

Life and career

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Aguilar started his career in stunts with 1989's Adventures in Babysitting before eventually starting his second unit directing career with the 2006 Ivan Reitman film My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

Aguilar is a frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese, first working with him on 1999's Bringing Out the Dead and then 2002's Gangs of New York before serving as stunt coordinator and second unit director on his 2006 film The Departed.[1] He and Scorsese later worked together on Shutter Island, Silence, The Irishman, and Killers of the Flower Moon.[2][3]

In 2011, he served as second unit director for Brett Ratner on Tower Heist.[4] In 2012 and 2014, he directed second unit on Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Jump Street duology.[5]

Other films Aguilar has directed second unit on include Now You See Me, Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2, Deliver Us From Evil, Motherless Brooklyn, Zombieland, School for Scoundrels, Enchanted, Goosebumps, Noah, and All the King's Men.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director
1987 Adventures in Babysitting Yes No Chris Columbus
Big Shots Yes No Robert Mandel
1988 She's Having a Baby Yes No John Hughes
1990 Robocop 2 Yes No Irvin Kershner
Marked for Death Yes No Dwight H. Little
1991 Out For Justice Yes No John Flynn
The Hard Way Yes No John Badham
1992 Under Siege Yes No Andrew Davis
Hoffa Yes No Danny Devito
1993 Robocop 3 Yes No Fred Dekker
1995 Batman Forever Yes No Joel Schumacher
Major Payne Yes No Nick Castle
12 Monkeys Yes No Terry Gilliam
1996 Joe's Apartment Yes No John Payson and Chris Wedge
1997 Donnie Brasco Yes No Mike Newell
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Yes No Martin Scorsese
Big Daddy Yes No Dennis Dugan
2000 Meet the Parents Yes No Jay Roach
2002 Gangs of New York Yes No Martin Scorsese
2003 Daredevil Yes No Mark Steven Johnson
Elf Yes No Jon Favreau
2004 Taxi Yes No Tim Story
New York Minute Yes No Dennie Gordon
2005 War of the Worlds Yes No Steven Spielberg
Two for the Money Yes No DJ Caruso
The Producers Yes No Susan Stroman
2006 The Pink Panther Yes No Shawn Levy
Freedomland Yes No Joe Roth
16 Blocks Yes No Richard Donner
The Sentinel Yes No Clark Johnson
Fanaa Yes Yes Kunal Kohli
The Devil Wears Prada Yes No David Frankel
My Super Ex-Girlfriend Yes Yes Ivan Reitman
All the King's Men Yes Yes Steven Zaillian
The Departed Yes Yes Martin Scorsese
The Good Shepherd Yes No Robert De Niro
School for Scoundrels Yes Yes Todd Phillips
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Yes No Wes Anderson
The Bourne Ultimatum Yes No Paul Greengrass
American Gangster Yes No Ridley Scott
Enchanted Yes Yes Kevin Lima
Across the Universe Yes No Julie Taymor
2008 Che: Part 1 Yes No Steven Soderbergh
Che: Part 2 Yes No
Leatherheads Yes No George Clooney
Revolutionary Road Yes No Sam Mendes
Marley & Me Yes No David Frankel
2009 Tenderness Yes No John Polson
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Yes Yes Mark Waters
Zombieland Yes Yes Ruben Fleischer
2010 Shutter Island Yes No Martin Scorsese
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Yes No Mike Newell
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Yes No Oliver Stone
Get Him to the Greek Yes No Nicholas Stoller
The Other Guys Yes No Adam McKay
Love & Other Drugs Yes No Edward Zwick
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Yes Yes George Nolfi
Mr. Popper's Penguins Yes Yes Mark Waters
The Smurfs Yes Yes Raja Gosnell
30 Minutes or Less Yes Yes Ruben Fleischer
Footloose No Yes Craig Brewer
The Rum Diary Yes No Bruce Robinson
Tower Heist Yes Yes Brett Ratner
New Years Eve Yes No Garry Marshall
2012 21 Jump Street Yes Yes Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Premium Rush No Yes David Koepp
The Campaign Yes No Jay Roach
2013 Now You See Me Yes Yes Louis Leterrier
The Smurfs 2 Yes Yes Raja Gosnell
The Wolf of Wall Street Yes No Martin Scorsese
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Yes No Kenneth Branagh
Noah Yes Yes Darren Aronofsky
22 Jump Street Yes Yes Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Deliver Us From Evil Yes Yes Scott Derrickson
This Is Where I Leave You Yes Yes Shawn Levy
2015 Mortdecai Yes Yes David Koepp
True Story No Yes Rupert Goold
The Divergent Series: Insurgent No Yes Robert Schwentke
Goosebumps No Yes Rob Letterman
2016 Ghostbusters Yes Yes Paul Feig
Silence Yes Yes Martin Scorsese
2017 Going in Style Yes Yes Zach Braff
A Gentleman Yes Yes Raj & DK
The Upside Yes Yes Neil Burger
2018 Ocean's 8 Yes No Gary Ross
Tomb Raider No Yes Roar Uthaug
2019 Joker Yes No Todd Phillips
Motherless Brooklyn No Yes Edward Norton
The Irishman Yes Yes Martin Scorsese
2021 The Many Saints of Newark Yes Yes Alan Taylor
The Harder They Fall No Yes Jeymes Samuel
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon No Yes Martin Scorsese

References

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  1. ^ "The Departed - Variety". Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Martin Scorsese and DP Rodrigo Prieto AMC ASC harness Kodak looks for 'The Irishman'". Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Building on the bedrock of KODAK 35mm film, DP Rodrigo Prieto AMC ASC's camera honors heritage and depicts deception for Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon'". Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Tower Heist - Variety". Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ "22 Jump Street - Dear Cast & Crew". Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ^ "G.A. Aguilar - Turner Classic Movies". Retrieved 9 November 2024.