query: occupation brian smrz
supports: A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same fictional universe as an earlier work, usually chronologically following the events of that work. Kim Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and in the lead role of "Macbeth" performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He is best known for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager in the FX series "Sons of Anarchy". Night at the Museum is a 2006 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Milan Trenc. The film stars Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a divorced father who applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night. Clark Joseph Kent is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he debuted in "Action Comics" #1 (June 1938) and serves as the civilian and secret identity of the superhero Superman. Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. In the early years of his career, Cage starred in films such as "Valley Girl" (1983), "Racing with the Moon" (1984), "Birdy" (1984), "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), "Raising Arizona" (1987), "Moonstruck" (1987), "Vampire's Kiss" (1989), "Wild at Heart" (1990), "Honeymoon in Vegas" (1992), and "Red Rock West" (1993). Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists end up in a series of challenges that typically include violence, close combat, physical feats, and frantic chases. Action films tend to feature a resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a villain, and/or a pursuit which generally concludes in victory for the hero. John Woo SBS (Ng Yu-Sum; born 1 May 1946) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong film director, writer, and producer. He is considered a major influence on the action genre, known for his highly chaotic action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and frequent use of slow motion. Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, "A Better Tomorrow" (1986), "The Killer" (1989), "Hard Boiled" (1992), and "Red Cliff" (2008/2009).  Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in "Action Comics" #1 (June 1938). Lois is a reporter for the Metropolis newspaper, the "Daily Planet", an award-winning journalist and the primary love interest of Superman. In DC Comics she is also his wife. Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards, two for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Nixon in the play "Frost/Nixon" and for his role as André in "The Father" and two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the role of Leslie in Edward Albee's "Seascape" and for his role as Flegont Alexandrovitch Tropatchov in Ivan Turgenev's "Fortune's Fool". Additionally, Langella has won two Obie Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the film production of "Frost/Nixon" (2008). Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth (born January 2, 1983) is an American actress and model. She made her film debut in "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) and appeared in "Remember the Titans" (2000), before landing a lead role as a teenage surfer in the box-office hit "Blue Crush" (2002). She also had roles in independent films, playing Dawn Schiller in the true crime film "Wonderland" (2003), and as Sandra Dee in the Bobby Darin biographical drama "Beyond the Sea" (2004). She also portrayed Lois Lane in "Superman Returns" (2006), and has had roles in "Straw Dogs" (2011) and "Still Alice" (2014). Hero Wanted is a 2008 American thriller film directed by Brian Smrz in his directorial debut, and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ray Liotta, Kim Coates, and Norman Reedus. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on April 29, 2008. Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage and then in television in the 1980s, most notably as David Addison in "Moonlighting" (19851989). He is known for his role of John McClane in the "Die Hard" series. He has appeared in over 60 films, including "Striking Distance" (1993), "Color of Night" (1994), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "12 Monkeys" (1995), "The Fifth Element" (1997), "Armageddon" (1998), "The Sixth Sense" (1999), "Unbreakable" (2000), "Sin City" (2005), "Red" (2010), "The Expendables 2" (2012), and "Looper" (2012). Len Ryan Wiseman (born March 4, 1973) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his work on the "Underworld" series, "Live Free or Die Hard", and "Total Recall". Michelle Lynn Monaghan (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress known for her roles in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005), "" (2006), "Gone Baby Gone" (2007), "Made of Honor" (2008), "Eagle Eye" (2008), "Source Code" (2011), and "True Detective" first season (2014). Eagle Eye is a 2008 American science fiction-action film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan and Billy Bob Thornton. LaBeouf and Monaghan portray a young man and a single mother who are brought together and coerced by an anonymous caller (Julianne Moore) into carrying out a plan by a possible terrorist organization. The film was released in regular 35 mm theaters and IMAX theaters. Benjamin Edward Meara "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director best known as a cast member on MTV's "The State" and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series "Reno 911!". He is the writing partner of Robert Ben Garant. James Paul Marsden (born September 18, 1973) is an American actor, singer and former Versace model. Marsden began his acting career guest-starring in television shows "", "Touched by an Angel," and "Party of Five". He gained prominence with his portrayal of Scott Summers/Cyclops in the "X-Men" film series and starred in 2006's "Superman Returns". Since 2016, Marsden has starred as gunslinger Teddy Flood, a sentient android, in the HBO science fiction-western thriller series "Westworld", as part of the main ensemble. A stunt coordinator, usually an experienced stunt performer, is hired by a TV, film or theatre director or production company for stunt casting that is to arrange the casting (stunt players and stunt doubles) and performance of stunts for a film, television programme or a live audience. Stunt casting is a term in casting that refers to hiring of well-known figures, such as movie stars or non-actor personalities prominent in some other field of endeavour, to play small roles on television series and in films.  Brian Smrz ( born c. 1960 ) , also Brian Delaney Smrz , is a Hollywood stunt coordinator and second unit director of projects such as Live Free or Die Hard , Mission : Impossible 2 , Eagle Eye , Night at the Museum , Windtalkers and Superman Returns , among others . He is also the director of Hero Wanted , starring Cuba Gooding , Jr. and Ray Liotta . He won the Taurus Award twice and was nominated a third time . DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. , a division of Time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest, oldest, and most successful companies operating in American comic books, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Supergirl, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, Martian Manhunter, Zatanna, Static Shock, Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Green Arrow. The fictional DC universe also features teams such as the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans, and well-known villains such as Joker, Lex Luthor, Darkseid, Catwoman, Ra's al Ghul, Deathstroke, Professor Zoom, Sinestro, Black Adam and Brainiac. The company has also published non-DC Universe-related material, including "Watchmen", "V for Vendetta" and many titles under their alternative imprint Vertigo. Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress, prolific in films since the early 1990s. She is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in both independent and Hollywood films, and has received many accolades, including the 2014 Academy Award for Best Actress. Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action film, and the fourth installment in the "Die Hard" film series. The film was directed by Len Wiseman and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane. The film's name was adapted from New Hampshire's state motto, "Live Free or Die". IMAX (an acronym for Image maximum) is a motion picture film format and a set of cinema projection standards developed in Canada by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems. Since 2002, some feature films have been converted (or upgraded) into IMAX format for displaying in IMAX theatres and some have also been partially shot in IMAX. Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American film director, film producer, writer, and actor. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and he has produced or co-produced almost all of the films he has directed. He wrote and directed his first film in 1988 after graduating from university. His next film, "Public Access" (1993), was a co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. In the mid-1990s, Singer received critical acclaim for directing the neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects" (1995), which starred Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro and Kevin Spacey. He followed this with another thriller, "Apt Pupil" (1998), about a boy's fascination with a Nazi war criminal. Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Shawn Adam Levy (born ) is a Canadian film director, producer, and actor. He directed the films "Big Fat Liar" (2002), "Just Married" (2003), "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003), "The Pink Panther" (2006), "Night at the Museum" (2006), "" (2009), "Date Night" (2010), "Real Steel" (2011), "The Internship" (2013), "This Is Where I Leave You" (2014) and "" (2014). Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actor and musician. Following her role in Richard Linklater's 1993 cult hit "Dazed and Confused", she became known during the 1990s after a series of roles in independent films such as "Party Girl" (1995) and "The House of Yes" (1997) that gained her the nickname "Queen of the Indies". She later played improvisational roles in Christopher Guest mockumentaries, including "Best in Show" (2000), "A Mighty Wind" (2003) and "For Your Consideration" (2006). Her other film appearances include "You've Got Mail" (1998), "Scream 3" (2000), "Superman Returns" (2006), and the Woody Allen films "Irrational Man" (2015) and "Café Society" (2016). On television, Posey has guest-starred in series such as "Will & Grace", "Boston Legal", "The Good Wife", "Louie", "Parks and Recreation", and "Search Party". A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. Milan Trenc (born 1962) is a Croatian illustrator, film director and novelist. Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed and produced by Bryan Singer. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman and serves as a homage sequel to the motion pictures "Superman" (1978) and "Superman II" (1980), ignoring the events of "Superman III" (1983) and "" (1987) to create a soft reboot. The film stars Brandon Routh as Clark Kent/Superman, Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, with James Marsden, Frank Langella, and Parker Posey. The film tells the story of the title character returning to Earth after a five-year absence. He finds that his love interest Lois Lane has moved on with her life, and that his archenemy Lex Luthor is plotting a scheme that will destroy Superman and the world. Robert Ben Garant (born September 14, 1970) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, actor and comedian. Raymond Allen Liotta (born Raymond Julian Vicimarli, December 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, and voice actor.  Science fiction (often shortened to SF, sci-fi or scifi) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas." It usually avoids the supernatural, and unlike the related genre of fantasy, historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science-based fact or theory at the time the story was created, but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction. Superman II is a 1980 British-American superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is a sequel to the 1978 film "Superman" and stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, and Jack O'Halloran. The film was released in Australia and mainland Europe on December 4, 1980, and in other countries throughout 1981. Selected premiere engagements of "Superman II" were presented in Megasound, a high-impact surround sound system similar to Sensurround. Superman III is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third film in the "Superman" film series and the last "Superman" film to be produced by Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind. The film stars Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, and Robert Vaughn. This film is followed by "", released on July 24, 1987. The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term "New York minute". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. A superhero film, superhero movie, or superhero motion picture is a film that is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes: individuals who usually possess superhuman abilities relative to a normal person and are dedicated to protecting the public. These films typically feature action, fantasy and/or science fiction elements, with the first film of a particular character often including a focus on the origin of the special powers and the first fight against the character's most famous supervillain, or archenemy. "Live Free or Die" is the official motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945. It is possibly the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it conveys an assertive independence historically found in American political philosophy and partly because of its contrast to the milder sentiments found in other state mottos. Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and produced by John Woo, and starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach. The film was released in the United States on June 14, 2002. Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Saulteaux actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor in "Smoke Signals", Frank Fencepost in "Dance Me Outside", Tommy in "Walker, Texas Ranger", Kickin' Wing in "Joe Dirt", U.S. Marine Corporal, Ira Hayes in "Flags of Our Fathers", Private Ben Yahzee in "Windtalkers", Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", in "", and Officer Jim Chee in the film adaptations of "Skinwalkers", "Coyote Waits", and "A Thief of Time". He starred in the Canadian 2012-2014 series "Arctic Air", and played Slipknot in the 2016 film "Suicide Squad". Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Lex Luthor first appeared in "Action Comics" #23 (April 1940) and has since endured as the archenemy of Superman. Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959), better known as Kevin Spacey, is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s that culminated in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects" (1995), and an Academy Award for Best Actor for midlife crisis-themed drama "American Beauty" (1999). Daniel John "D. J." Caruso, Jr. (born January 17, 1965) is an American director and producer. Caruso has directed the films "Disturbia", "Two for the Money", "Taking Lives", "The Salton Sea", "Eagle Eye", "I Am Number Four" and "Standing Up". He has also directed television episodes for shows such as "The Shield", "Over There", "Smallville", and "Dark Angel". Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular superhero of the 2006 film "Superman Returns". He also had a recurring role in the TV series "Chuck", as Daniel Shaw. Following this, he had notable supporting roles in the films "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". In 2014, he began a recurring role on "Arrow" as Ray Palmer/Atom which spun off into a guest role on "The Flash" and a starring role on "Legends of Tomorrow". Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor and model, best known for his role as Daryl Dixon on the AMC horror drama series "The Walking Dead", and as Murphy MacManus in "The Boondock Saints". He has also acted in numerous films, appeared in and created several videos, provided video game voiceovers, and modeled for various fashion designers (most recognizably Prada in the 1990s). Shia Saide LaBeouf (born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series "Even Stevens", a role for which LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. He made his film debut in "Holes" (2003), based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar. In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film "Let's Love Hate" and later directed a short film titled "Maniac" (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi. Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school students living in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933. They sold Superman to Detective Comics, the future DC Comics, in 1938. Superman debuted in "Action Comics" #1 (cover-dated June 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, newspaper strips, television programs, films, and video games. With this success, Superman helped to create the superhero archetype and establish its primacy within the American comic book. The character is also referred to by such epithets as the Man of Steel, the Man of Tomorrow, and The Last Son of Krypton. A production company or a production house provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video. A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or an act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually on television, theatre, or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer generated imagery special effects, these effects were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects, unless the creator could find someone willing to jump from car to car or hang from the edge of a skyscraper: the stunt performer or stunt double. A stunt performer, often referred to as a stuntman, stuntwoman, or daredevil, is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.
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answer: film director