Joel Kramer (stuntman)

Joel J. Kramer (born September 10, 1957) is an American stuntman, film director, and second unit director, most known for his work with Michael Mann, James Wan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Life and career

Kramer was born on September 10, 1957, in Tucson, Arizona.

He started his stunt career on the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Predator before beginning his second unit directing career on Michael Mann's Heat.

In January 2018, Kramer was accused by actress Eliza Dushku for sexual molestation when she was 12 during production of the 1994 film True Lies, of which he served as stunt co-ordinator. Days later, two more women have come out with accusations of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct against him, including an account of him having sex with a 10th grade girl during production of the 1999 film Virus. Kramer has denied the charges before being dropped from his talent agency. Since then, Kramer has not had any work in either stunts or second unit direction, with his last credit being the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049.

Among the films he's directed second unit on include Furious 7, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Death Sentence, Ready to Rumble, Terminator: Genisys, This is 40, The Negotiator, Red Eye, Father's Day, and Central Intelligence.

Filmography

Year	Title	Stunts	Second unit director	Director
1985	Commando	Yes	No	Mark L. Lester
1987	Predator	Yes	No	John McTiernan
1988	Red Heat	Yes	No	Walter Hill
	Twins	Yes	No	Ivan Reitman
1989	Ghostbusters II	Yes	No
1990	Kindergarten Cop	Yes	No
	Total Recall	Yes	No	Paul Verhoven
1991	Terminator 2: Judgement Day	Yes	No	James Cameron
1992	Patriot Games	Yes	No	Phillip Noyce
1993	Cliffhanger	Yes	No	Renny Harlin
	Last Action Hero	Yes	No	John McTiernan
1994	True Lies	Yes	No	James Cameron
1995	Heat	Yes	Yes	Michael Mann
1996	Daylight	Yes	Yes	Rob Cohen
	Eraser	Yes	No	Chuck Russell
	Jingle All The Way	Yes	No	Brian Levant
1997	Father's Day	Yes	Yes	Ivan Reitman
1998	The Negotiator	Yes	Yes	F. Gary Gray
2000	Ready to Rumble	Yes	Yes	Brian Robbins
2001	Double Take	Yes	Yes	George Gallo
	Pearl Harbor	Yes	No	Michael Bay
	The Fast and The Furious	Yes	No	Rob Cohen
	I am Sam	Yes	No	Jessie Nelson
	Ali	Yes	No	Michael Mann
2002	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Yes	Yes	Wych Kaosayananda
2003	National Security	Yes	No	Dennis Dugan
	The Last Samurai	Yes	No	Edward Zwick
2004	Collateral	Yes	Yes	Michael Mann
2005	Red Eye	Yes	Yes	Wes Craven
2006	Running Scared	Yes	Yes	Wayne Kramer
2007	Death Sentence	Yes	Yes	James Wan
	Premonition	Yes	Yes	Mennan Yapo
2008	Wanted	No	Yes	Timur Bekmambetov
2009	Youth in Revolt	Yes	Yes	Miguel Arteta
2010	Insidious	Yes	No	James Wan
	Due Date	Yes	No	Todd Phillips
2011	The Green Hornet	Yes	No	Michel Gondry
	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Yes	Yes	John Schultz
2012	This is 40	Yes	Yes	Judd Apatow
2013	The Conjuring	Yes	Yes	James Wan
	Insidious: Chapter 2	Yes	No
2014	Robocop	Yes	Yes	José Padilha
2015	Furious 7	Yes	Yes	James Wan
	Terminator Genisys	Yes	Yes	Alan Taylor
2016	The Conjuring 2	Yes	Yes	James Wan
	Central Intelligence	No	Yes	Rawson Marshall Thurber
2017	Blade Runner 2049	Yes	Yes	Denis Villeneuve