Books

For decades, stuntwomen have faced institutional discrimination, unequal pay, and sexual harassment even as they jumped from speeding trains and raced horse-drawn carriages away...

To perform the dangerous, awe-inspiring stunts and daring feats for Hollywood's top action movies, stuntwoman Danielle Burgio needs to stay in peak physical condition. In The Stuntwoman's Workout: Get Your Body Ready for Anything she shares the exclusive fitness program that allows her to meet any challenge on the big screen.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeQ-joH9Fq82yXQUWZYq33ANBYypfSLI5 Are you trying to break into the film industry? Would you like to escape your 9 to 5 job? Do you desire a more...

From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies is a revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism. Molly Haskell’s From Reverence to Rape remains...

After losing two consecutive matches while wrestling on his high school wrestling team, Rick Avery learned from his wrestling coach what would become Rick’s...

Action Movie Maker's Handbook is Movie Action Director and Stunt Coordinator Andy Armstrong's instruction manual for anyone making action movies.

Carl Ciarfalio's book Stars, Stunts and Stories: A Hollywood Stuntman's Fall to Fame, readers will travel behind the scenes - hearing insider anecdotes about mega-stars, experiencing some gnarly stunts, and receiving useful insights and advice about the unique and exciting world of action in film and TV.

Award winning veteran stuntwoman, Angela Meryl, has written Stunts: The How To Handbook for those interested in a professional stunt career in Hollywood.

Throughout film history, one of the fundamental fantasies portrayed on screen has been the kind of physical action few of us could ever experience...

Helen Gibson Silent Serial Queen is a book by Larry Telles about the life of a woman who spent her 51 year career in film, rodeo, circus and vaudeville. In 1930 she became Hollywood's first professional stunt woman for many major studios. She was fearless in her career and life on and off the screen.