Stuntwomen at STF

• by Thom Powers, November 26, 2009

Director Amanda Micheli gave STF goers a special treat during the Q&A on Tuesday by phoning up the stunt woman-turned actress Zoe Bell. In Micheli’s film DOUBLE DARE, she follows the New Zealand native Bell in her early days as the stunt double for Lucy Lawless in XENA, then transitioning to a career in Hollywood under the mentorship of Jeannie Epper (best known for her stunts in WONDER WOMAN). Micheli reached Bell on the west coast and put her on speaker phone to participate in the Q&A. Recently, Bell has been transitioning to more acting roles, appearing in Quentin Tarantino’s GRINDHOUSE, Drew Barrymore’s WHIP IT!, and a new film with Wesley Snipes that just finished production. As part of this new phase of her career, Bell has been put in the unexpected position of having to use a stunt double, as she explained, to satisfy the “insurance” concerns of producers.

(Photos courtesy of Joshua Z Weinstein )

The looming Thanksgiving holiday didn’t deter a crowd filling up the IFC Center’s Theater 2.

After the screening at 99 Below, Micheli poses with her fellow Harvard film alum Nina Davenport and offspring Jasper Davenport. Micheli makes a brief appearance in Davenport’s first-person doc ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID. Jasper is expected to steal the scenes in Davenport’s next project.

Several STF alum (left to right) Frank Keraudren (director, THE LAST CIGARETTE), Sara Alize Cross (producer, THE ORDER OF MYTHS), and Jesse Moss (FULL BATTLE RATTLE), hanging out (with a mystery woman) at 99 Below.

The women of Arts Engine Jolene Pinder (left) and Angela Tucker (right) bookend Yoni Brook (director, BRONX PRINCESS) and another mystery woman. STF is full of mysterious women.

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