David Richard Ellis Net Worth

David Richard Ellis Net Worth is
$7 Million

David Richard Ellis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Began as child actor in Kurt Russell-Disney Films in 1974. Made the switch to the Stunt world following a successful career as a junior pro surfer. Born, bred, and continues to reside in Malibu. Many, many stunts later, David made the promotion to Stunt Coordinator in 1978 on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Coordinating TV and films all ...

Date Of Birth	September 8, 1952
Died	2013-01-07
Place Of Birth	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Height	6' 2" (1.88 m)
Profession	Stunts, Assistant Director, Actor
Star Sign	Virgo

#	Trademark
1	"In-Your-Face" camera shots
2	Characters in unexpected peril

Title	Salary
Asylum (2008)	$1,250,000

#	Quote
1	Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.
2	Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.
3	Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common.
4	Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.
5	You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they're in.
6	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.
7	It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me, and also having a good understanding of all the action that I'm shooting, it helps me in determining how I'm going to capture it.
8	I mean, you have a general tone of it but it's pretty much you get to come in and you're going to flip this car and it's going to blow up and you're going to come out on fire and you go oh, that's cool, and then you get paid a lot of money.
9	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.
10	I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right.
11	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.
12	So there was always a stunt coordinator on those films that was from Stunts Unlimited and I was just one of the young warriors from Stunts Unlimited that got to be a part of it because it was a big show and they needed a lot of guys.
13	We're talking to New Line. They've got a couple projects they're interested in me doing and I'm having meetings at MGM. There's a lot of available projects.
14	They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up.
15	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.
16	So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.
17	No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.
18	I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.
19	Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.
20	It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.
21	They had some really cool rigged cars and things that were different that they would tow behind the camera car that were actually on these trailers that manipulated side to side and stuff like they were getting hit, and actually put the actor right in the middle of the chase.
22	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.
23	Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that.
24	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.

#	Fact
1	Ellis worked as Second AD on Cop Out (2009) directing the car chases. After Ellis' passing director of Cop Out Kevin Smith repeated this story told to him by Ellis, "Ellis told me a story about nearly getting car-jacked. Stunt man that he was, he did a 0 to 60 spinning reverse. Agog, the jackers ran off.".
2	Ellis's wife Cindy was also in the stunt sector.
3	Father-in-law of Oakley Lehman.
4	Father of Tawny Ellis.
5	Brother of Annie Ellis

All pictures

Stunts

Title	Year	Status
Hotel for Dogs	2009	stunts - as David Richard Ellis
Harriet the Spy	1996	stunts - as Dave Ellis
The Jungle Book	1994	stunt coordinator: US - as David Ellis
The Man Without a Face	1993	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis / stunts - as David Ellis
Made in America	1993	stunt coordinator
Sliver	1993	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Warlock: The Armageddon	1993	stunts - as David Ellis
Body of Evidence	1993	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Forever Young	1992	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Patriot Games	1992	stunt coordinator
Kuffs	1992	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
The Addams Family	1991	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken	1991	stunt coordinator
Life Stinks	1991	stunt coordinator - as David Richard Ellis
Misery	1990	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
The Freshman	1990	stunt coordinator
Ghost Dad	1990	stunts - as David Ellis
Days of Thunder	1990	stunts - as David Ellis
Impulse	1990	stunt coordinator
Catchfire	1990	stunt person
The Last of the Finest	1990	stunt coordinator - as Davis Ellis / stunts - as David Ellis
Baywatch	1989-1990	TV Series stunt coordinator - 15 episodes
Everybody Wins	1990	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge	1989	stunts - as David Ellis
Tennessee Waltz	1989	fight coordinator - as David Richard Ellis
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	stunts - as David Richard Ellis
Road House	1989	stunts - as David Ellis
Warlock	1989	stunt coordinator
She's Out of Control	1989	stunts - as David Ellis
Dead Bang	1989	stunts - as David Ellis
Gleaming the Cube	1989	stunts - as David Ellis
Remo Williams: The Prophecy	1988	TV Movie stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
The Presidio	1988	stunts
Real Men	1987	stunt player - as David Ellis
Fatal Attraction	1987	stunt coordinator / stunts - as David Ellis
Burglar	1987	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Lethal Weapon	1987	stunts - as David Ellis
Critical Condition	1987	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
The Wraith	1986	stunts - as David Ellis
A Fine Mess	1986	stunts - as David Ellis
Out of Bounds	1986	stunts
To Live and Die in L.A.	1985	stunt player
Fooling Around	1984	stunts
V	1984	TV Series stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
V: The Final Battle	1984	TV Mini-Series stunt coordinator - 3 episodes
Gorky Park	1983	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Scarface	1983	stunts - as David Ellis
National Lampoon's Vacation	1983	stunts - as David Ellis
V	1983	TV Mini-Series stunt coordinator - 2 episodes
Private School	1983	stunts
Second Thoughts	1983	stunt coordinator / stunts - as David Ellis
Airplane II: The Sequel	1982	stunt coordinator
Lookin' to Get Out	1982	stunt person - as David Ellis
The Beastmaster	1982	stunts - as David Ellis
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	1982	stunts - as David Ellis
Megaforce	1982	stunts - as David Ellis
The Phoenix	1982	TV Series stunt coordinator - 1 episode
Sharky's Machine	1981	stunts - as David Ellis
Taps	1981/I	stunts - as David Ellis
Return of the Rebels	1981	TV Movie stunt coordinator - as Dave Ellis
S.O.B.	1981	stunts - as Dave Ellis
Nice Dreams	1981	stunt double: Chong - as David Ellis
Take This Job and Shove It	1981	stunts - as David Ellis
King of the Mountain	1981	stunt coordinator
Back Roads	1981	stunt coordinator
Smokey and the Bandit II	1980	stunts - as David Ellis
Carny	1980	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider	1979	stunts
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1978	stunt coordinator - as David Ellis
Hooper	1978	stuntman - as David Ellis
Hot Lead and Cold Feet	1978	stunts - as David Ellis
Deathsport	1978	stunt rider - as David Ellis
Game of Death	1978	motorcycle stunts - as David Ellis
Smokey and the Bandit	1977	stunts - uncredited
Bound for Glory	1976	stunts - as David Ellis
Baby Blue Marine	1976	stunts - uncredited

Assistant Director

Title	Year	Status
Whispers in the Dark	1992	second unit director
Patriot Games	1992	second unit director
Thunderheart	1992	second unit director - as David Richard Ellis
Kuffs	1992	second unit director - as David Ellis
Life Stinks	1991	second unit director - uncredited
The Last of the Finest	1990	second unit director
Baywatch	1989-1990	TV Series second unit director - 4 episodes
Warlock	1989	second unit director
Fatal Attraction	1987	second unit director - uncredited
Condor	1985	TV Movie second unit director - as David Ellis
Winter's Tale	2014	second unit director - as David Ellis
47 Ronin	2013	second unit director
R.I.P.D.	2013	second unit director
Cop Out	2010	second unit director
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	2003	second unit director
The Matrix Reloaded	2003	second unit director: USA - as David Ellis
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	second unit director - as David Ellis
Rock Star	2001	second unit director - as David Ellis
Just Visiting	2001	second unit director - as David Ellis
Exit Wounds	2001	second unit director - as David Ellis
The Perfect Storm	2000	second unit director
The Kid	2000	second unit director
Blue Streak	1999	second unit director
Ride with the Devil	1999/I	second unit director - as David Ellis
Deep Blue Sea	1999	second unit director - as David Ellis
Soldier	1998/I	second unit director - as David Ellis
Holy Man	1998	second unit director - as David Ellis
The Negotiator	1998	second unit director: Los Angeles - as David Ellis
Sphere	1998	second unit director - as David Ellis
Desperate Measures	1998	second unit director
The Devil's Own	1997	second unit director: Dublin - as David Ellis
Waterworld	1995	second unit director
The Jungle Book	1994	second unit director
Clear and Present Danger	1994	second unit director
Blank Check	1994	second unit director
My Father the Hero	1994	second unit director - as David Ellis
Iron Will	1994	second unit director
Beethoven's 2nd	1993	second unit director
Made in America	1993	second unit director
Sliver	1993	second unit director
Body of Evidence	1993	second unit director
Forever Young	1992	second unit director

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Bounty Hunter	1990		Townsperson (as David Ellis)
Blind Fury	1989		Ski Lodge Killer #3 (as David Ellis)
The Mighty Quinn	1989		Jersey (as David Ellis)
Guns of Paradise	1988	TV Series	Lester Bradley
Anna	1987		Daniel's Father
Rocky III	1982		Opponent (as David Ellis)
Boardwalk	1979		Bath attendant
Flying High	1978	TV Series	Quarterback
Wonder Woman	1978	TV Series	Ludwig
Heroes	1977		Bar Patron #1
The Strongest Man in the World	1975		David (Student) (as David Richard Ellis)

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Shark Night 3D	2011
The Final Destination	2009
Asylum	2008/IV
Snakes on a Plane	2006
Cellular	2004
Final Destination 2	2003
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	1996

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
R.I.P.D.	2013	in memory of - as David Ellis
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life	2003	Video documentary short special thanks - as David Ellis

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Body Count: The Deaths of 'The Final Destination'	2010	Video documentary short	Himself
2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself (as David Ellis)
Meet the Reptiles	2006	Video documentary short	Himself - Director (as David Ellis)
Pure Venom: The Making of 'Snakes on a Plane'	2006	Video documentary short	Himself - Director (as David Ellis)
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
Dialing Up 'Cellular'	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
The Burly Man Chronicles	2004	Video documentary	Himself (extended version) (as David Ellis)
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life	2003	Video documentary short	Himself - Director (as David Ellis)

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	2012	TV Series documentary	Laser victim
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1977	TV Series	David

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2004	Taurus Award	World Stunt Awards	Best Stunt Coordination Feature Film	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Known for movies

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David Richard Ellis Net Worth

David Richard Ellis Net Worth is
$7 Million