The Spherical Prime Movie Pageant introduced right this moment that it’s going to honor Chris O’Hara with its second annual Maverick Stunt Award, offered by Selection, on Nov. 9.
A 25-year business veteran, O’Hara earned a Taurus World Stunt Award for finest 2nd unit director/stunt coordinator for his work on 2024’s “The Fall Man,” starring Ryan Gosling. His different credit embrace doubling Matt Damon in “The Bourne Supremacy” and Bradley Cooper in “The Hangover” franchise and such movies as “Child Driver,” “Jurassic World,” “Venom,” “Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and “Combat Membership.”
“I’m thrilled and deeply honored to obtain the Maverick Stunt Award on the 2025 Spherical Prime Movie Pageant,” mentioned O’Hara in a press release. “I like how this competition embraces impartial filmmakers from all walks of life, celebrating numerous voices and daring storytelling. Their recognition of stunt design as an important a part of cinematic artistry is really important, and it underscores their dedication to championing innovation and creativity. I’m past excited to attend the Spherical Prime Movie Pageant and be a part of this vibrant celebration of cinema.”
Based by mother-daughter duo Shanna Schanen and Skylar Schanen, the Spherical Prime Movie Pageant held its inaugural occasion in November 2024 in Spherical Prime, Texas, situated roughly midway between Austin and Houston. It can return to the tiny city (inhabitants: 95) – finest identified for its triannual vintage present that draws greater than 100,000 guests every year – for its second version, which is able to run from Nov. 6-9.
The presentation of the Maverick Stunt Award, honoring “an impressive skilled within the stunt business whose modern contributions redefine the craft of motion storytelling,” will likely be adopted by a dialog with Selection affiliate editor Todd Longwell. This system may even function a pair of panel discussions, “From Fight to Digicam,” moderated by final yr’s Maverick Stunt Award honoree, R.J. Casey (“Inception,” “Dunkirk,” “Extraction 2”), and “From the Leap: Movie and TV Stunt Designers in Dialog,” moderated by second unit director and stunt coordinator Tom Struthers (“The Darkish Knight” trilogy, “Dune”). The latter panel will function Vic Armstrong (“Raiders of the Misplaced Ark,” “Die One other Day”), who’ll even be receiving Spherical Prime’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Stunts.
Movies screening at Spherical Prime embrace Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Obscure” and the closing night time choice, Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” starring George Clooney. The competition’s jurors are director Leslie Zemeckis (“Behind the Burly Q”), screenwriter Marc Klein (“Serendipity”), actors Marié Botha (“The Penguin”) and Mariel Hemingway (“Private Greatest”), and producer Meryl Poster (“Chicago”).
