Phil Neilson

Philip Cody Neilson is an American stuntman, film director, second unit director, and actor, most known for his work in superhero movies and with Ben Stiller, Peter Berg, and Ridley Scott.

Life and career

In 2008, Neilson was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for "Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director" for his work on Jon Favreau's Iron Man. That same year, he served as second unit director on Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder alongside E. J. Foerster.

In 2016, Neilson served as second unit director on Ben-Hur for Timur Bekmambetov, specifically directed the chariot race sequence, chosen by Bekmambetov based on his prior work with director Ridley Scott.

Among the other films Neilson has directed second unit on include Tears of the Sun, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Fantastic Four, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Alamo, Battleship, and The A-Team.

Filmography

Year	Title	Stunts	Second unit director	Director
1990	Goodfellas	Yes	No	Martin Scorsese
	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Yes	No	Brian De Palma
1992	Malcolm X	Yes	No	Spike Lee
1993	Body Snatches	Yes	Yes	Abel Ferrara
	Heaven & Earth	Yes	No	Oliver Stone
1994	Natural Born Killers	Yes	No
1995	12 Monkeys	Yes	No	Terry Gilliam
1996	The Juror	No	Yes	Brian Gibson
1997	G.I. Jane	Yes	No	Ridley Scott
1998	Armageddon	Yes	No	Michael Bay
1999	The Corruptor	Yes	Yes	James Foley
2000	Tigerland	Yes	No	Joel Schumacher
	Gladiator	Yes	No	Ridley Scott
2001	Hannibal	Yes	No
	Black Hawk Down	Yes	No
2003	Tears of the Sun	Yes	Yes	Antoine Fuqua
2004	The Alamo	Yes	Yes	John Lee Hancock
2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe	Yes	Yes	Andrew Adamson
	Kingodm of Heaven	Yes	No	Ridley Scott
2006	Smokin' Aces	Yes	No	Joe Carnahan
2007	The Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Peter Berg
2008	Iron Man	No	Yes	Jon Favreau
	Tropic Thunder	No	Yes	Ben Stiller
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Yes	Yes	Chris Weitz
2010	The A-Team	No	Yes	Joe Carnahan
	The Wolfman	No	Yes	Joe Johnston
2012	Battleship	Yes	Yes	Peter Berg
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	No	Yes	Ben Stiller
	47 Ronin	No	Yes	Carl Rinsch
	Sleepy Hollow	Yes	Yes	Various; television series, 8 episodes
2014	Transformers: Age of Extinction	No	Yes	Michael Bay
2015	Fantastic Four	Yes	Yes	Josh Trank
2016	Ben-Hur	Yes	Yes	Timur Bekmambetov
2017	The Babysitter	Yes	No	McG
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Yes	Yes	Ben Stiller; television mini-series
2021	The Matrix Resurrections	Yes	No	Lana Wachowski
2023	The Book of Clarence	Yes	No	Jeymes Samuel