Robb Hunter, Fight Director

Director/Choreographer Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Fight Master Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)
Certified Fight Director SAFD
Certified Teacher SAFD
Certified Theatrical Firearms Instructor SAFD
Performer AEA, SAG/AFTRA

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Résumé in Brief

Training and Education

M.F.A. in Theatre Pedagogy, Virginia Commonwealth University
> Acting/Directing Focus
B.A. in Theatre Performance, Minor in Dance, Radford University
> Stanislavsky Based
Fight Master, Certified Fight Director, Society of American Fight Directors
Certified Teacher, Theatrical Firearms Instructor, Society of American Fight Directors

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A Fight Director is a movement specialist trained to choreograph and direct incidents of staged violence. Most have additional training in the martial arts, dance, fencing, stunts, gymnastics, or other specialties that focus on perfecting the physical instrument. Their expertise can prove to be an invaluable asset to any production in which physicality is a vital component.

The best Fight Directors have mastered several diverse specialties and have training and experience in most, if not all, theatrical performance areas including acting, directing, dance, improvisation, voice, and mime, as well as stage combat. Dedication to their craft finds them constantly seeking new opportunities to expand and improve their abilities. Their eye for realism, theatricality, and the delicate balance between the two can make even violence a thing of beauty.

My work as a Fight Director is continually informed and enriched by my training and experience as a professional actor (SAG, AFTRA, and AEA). Before choreographing my first show I had nearly a decade of theatrical experience both Off and Off-Off Broadway, at Lincoln Center, in regional theatres, summer stock theatres, and on tour as well as several television shows including Spin City and Whoopi… classical, contemporary, musicals, you name it.

I have likewise had the good fortune to direct violence in a multitude of styles and locations including outdoor Shakespeare in NYC, Italian operas in Brooklyn, large scale musicals in multi-million dollar theatres, and intimate contemporary dramas in the round. But one driving need that is present in every production, no matter what the venue or style, is “to tell the story,” a goal I always keep in sight.