George Cottle, Jr.

George Cottle, Jr. is a British-American stuntman and second unit director, most known for his work with Christopher Nolan and films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Career

In 2019, Cottle, Jr. got his start in second unit directing with Spider-Man: Far From Home, after previously served as stunt coordinator in previous MCU films including Ant-Man and the Wasp and Spider-Man: Homecoming and on the films of Christopher Nolan. He returned for Spider-Man: No Way Home.

In 2024, he served as supervising stunt coordinator and second unit director on Deadpool and Wolverine for Shawn Levy, who allowed him into the editing room to help with the editing and direction.

Among the other films he directed second unit on include Red Notice, Barbie, and Haunted Mansion.

Filmography

Year	Title	Stunts	Second unit director	Director
2002	28 Days Later	Yes	No	Danny Boyle
2004	Shaun of the Dead	Yes	No	Edgar Wright
2005	Batman Begins	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
	Munich	Yes	No	Steven Spielberg
2008	The Dark Knight	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
2009	Terminator Salvation	Yes	No	McG
2010	Inception	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
2011	X-Men: First Class	Yes	No	Matthew Vaughn
2012	John Carter	Yes	No	Andrew Stanton
	The Dark Knight Rises	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
	Zero Dark Thirty	Yes	No	Martin Campbell
2013	Star Trek: Into Darkness	Yes	No	J.J. Abrams
	Captain Phillips	Yes	No	Paul Greengrass
2014	Interstellar	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Yes	No	Wes Ball
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Yes	No	Jon Watts
	Kong: Skull Island	Yes	No	Jordan Vogt-Roberts
2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Yes	No	Peyton Reed
2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Yes	Yes	Jon Watts
2020	Tenet	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
2021	Red Notice	Yes	Yes	Rawson Marshall Thurber
	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Yes	Yes	Jon Watts
2023	Oppenheimer	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
	Barbie	Yes	Yes	Greta Gerwig
	Haunted Mansion	Yes	Yes	Justin Simien
2024	Deadpool and Wolverine	Yes	Yes	Shawn Levy