Action choreographer Jeff Imada was an American martial artist, stuntman and actor. He was born on 17th June 1955 at Inglewood City, California, USA. He was performed action stunts more than 100 films and television shows.
In Jeff Imada training includes wide range of martial arts such as Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Karate, Jeet Kune Do, Eskrima, Shaolin Kung Fu, Kendo & Boxing.
Jeff Imada began learning martial arts at the age of 15. He majored in pre-med at El Camino College. He also learned music at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was a classically trained pianist.
In college, Jeff Imada began working as a film “extra”. Which was earned him membership of the Screen Actors Guild, Stunts Unlimited & the Directors Guild of America.
Jeff Imada served as a technical consultant for different films like “Dreamscape” movie in 1984, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” movie in 1986, “Tango & Cash” movie in 1989 and “Dutch” movie in 1991. He also provided his expertise to the television series “Heart to Heart (1979), Dynasty (1981) & ‘Remington Steele, Tales of the Gold Monkey & Matt Houston’ in 1982” etc.
Jeff Imada was responsible for the designing and coordinating the fight sequences. He was worked the fight sequences were for the last movie “The Crow” Brandon Bruce Lee. In this movie he served as the main fight choreographer.
Action choreographer Jeff Imada has written 2 books about the history of Balisong.
The books are on the use of Balisong. It was created as specific grind called the “Imada High Hollow”. Balisong means a foldable pocket knife. It was one of the earliest books published in the United States about this exceptional knife of “The Balisong Manual”.
Jeff Imada gained more attention as as a motion capture artist. He worked on the movies of “The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum & The Bourne Conspiracy”. The Bourne Conspiracy is a game for Xbox and PlayStation.
All the major movies of the stunt choreographer Jeff Imada were mentioned below.
- In 1982, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Matt Houston TV series & Blade Runner” movies.
- In 1983, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “The A-Team TV series & Movies Uncommon Valor, Breathless, Fire and Ice, Blue Thunder”. Movies.
- In 1984, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in the movie “Dreamscape”.
- In 1985, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Rambo: First Blood Part II & Missing in Action 2: The Beginning” movies.
- In 1986, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “The Golden Child, Big Trouble in Little China, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Gung Ho, Hollywood Vice Squad & House” movies.
- In 1987, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Prince of Darkness, Beauty and the Beast series, Steele Justice & Lethal Weapon” movies.
- In 1988, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “They Live, The Dead Pool & The Presidio” movies.
- In 1989, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Tango & Cash, Road House, Hyper Space, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects, Gleaming the Cube & One Man Force” movies.
- In 1990, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Kindergarten Cop, Captain America, The Rookie, The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake TV series, Marked for Death, Come See the Paradise, Ghost Dad, The Last of the Finest, Angel Town, Tremors, Why Me? & Vietnam, Texas” movies.
- In 1991, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Showdown in Little Tokyo, V.I. Warshawski, Point Break, Fever TV series, The Perfect Weapon, Highlander II: The Quickening” movies.
- In 1992, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Rapid Fire, Raven TV series, Patriot Games, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, & Kuffs” movies.
- In 1993, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “The Criminal Mind, Showdown, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Undercover, Body Bags TV series, Rising Sun, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Excessive Force, Robot Wars & Falling Down” movies.
- In 1994, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Naked Gun 331⁄3: The Final Insult, Vanishing Son, Double Dragon, The Crow & On Deadly Ground” movies.
- In 1995, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Heat, Money Train, Jade, To the Limit, The Last Word, Water world, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Mortal Kombat, Village of the Damned, In the Mouth of Madness & One Tough Bastard” movies.
- In 1996, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Marshal Law, The Glimmer, Escape from L.A., Spy Hard & From Dusk till Dawn” movies.
- In 1997, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Most Wanted, Nothing to Lose, L.A. Confidential, Volcano, Spy Game, Dante’s Peak, & Beverly Hills Ninja” movies.
- In 1998, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Enemy of the State, Rush Hour, Blade,The Negotiator, Lethal Weapon 4, Armageddon, Vampires, U.S. Marshals & The Replacement Killers” movies.
- In 1999, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “The Green Mile, Fight Club & Crazy in Alabama” movies.
- In 2000, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Little Nicky, Forever Lulu, Disney’s The Kid, Gone in 60 Seconds, Wonder Boys & Hanging Up” movies.
- In 2001, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Rock Star, Ghosts of Mars, & Ticker” movies.
- In 2002, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “8 Mile, Serving Sara & The Time Machine” movies.
- In 2003, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Stuck on You & Daredevil” movies.
- In 2004, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Collateral, The Bourne Supremacy, The Lady killers & Spartan” movies.
- In 2005, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “In Her Shoes, Serenity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith & The Hard Easy” movies.
- In 2006, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “The movies Park & When a Stranger Calls” movies.
- In 2007, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “CBalls of Fury, The Bourne Ultimatum, Planet Terror & The Gene Generation” movies.
- In 2008, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “Twilight, Mask of the Ninja & Role Models” movies.
- In 2009, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “New Moon” movie.
- In 2010, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Repo Men, The Book of Eli & Eclipse” movies.
- In 2011, Jeff Imada had done as stunt coordinator in “The Green Hornet, Hanna & Breaking Dawn Part 1” movies.
- In 2012, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Breaking Dawn Part 2” movie.
- In 2015, Jeff Imada had done as stunt choreographer in “Furious 7” movie.
