Faculty
Faculty Overview
A.C. Weary
Award-winning producer, DGA director, and stunt coordinator • actor for films and TV • teacher
J. Allen Suddeth
Top-ranked Fight Master recognized by the Society of American Fight Directors • stunt coordinator for hundreds of TV shows, plays, and films • master teacher
Dale Girard
Award-winning Fight Director • film stunt coordinator and certified stunt performer • master teacher of stage combat, acting, and dramatic movement
Richard Ryan
Internationally acclaimed Fight Director and teacher • swordmaster for the films Troy and The Last Legion • over 300 major credits in film, theatre, opera, and TV • ‘Master-at-Arms’ to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Richard Claybaugh
Distinguished DP and action film director • many credits in a wide variety of action sequences and film styles including cult classic Drive and upcoming Eyborgs
Michelle Ladd
Choreographer and Mo-Cap combat coordinator for The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Edward "Ted" Sharon
Specialist in voice, movement, and stage combat • certified teacher with The Society of American Fight Directors • actor and fight choreographer
Richard Raether
Stunt coordinator and stunt performer on numerous TV shows • artistic director of Artists’ Ensemble • fight director in productions throughout the U.S.
Mark Olsen
Professor of acting and movement at Penn State School of Theatre • movement coordinator and fight director • performer on Broadway and international tours
Chuck Coyl
Stunt coordinator and stunt player for television and film • recent credits include stunt coordination for episodes of the True Crime Authors series on the History Channel and Valley Forge
