Craig R. Baxley

About Craig R. Baxley

Who is it?: Stunts, Assistant Director, Director
Birth Day: October 20, 1949
Birth Place:  Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Occupation: Director, stunt coordinator, stunt performer, actor
Years active: 1971–present

Craig R. Baxley Net Worth

Craig R. Baxley was born on October 20, 1949 in  Los Angeles, California, United States, is Stunts, Assistant Director, Director. Craig Baxley is a third-generation filmmaker. After starting his career in front of the camera, working his way up as a successful stunt coordinator and second unit director on films like Predator (1987), Reds (1981), The Long Riders (1980) and The Warriors (1979) (with such talented directors as Don Siegel, Alan J. Pakula, Warren Beatty, Norman Jewison, Walter Hill and Steven Spielberg), he transitioned making his directorial debut on the acclaimed hit series The A-Team (1983). His first feature film as a director was Action Jackson (1988) for Joel Silver and was the beginning of a very diverse career working in many genres. He later went on to direct Dark Angel (1990) (a.k.a. "I Come In Peace") starring Dolph Lundgren, Stone Cold and a number of mini-series, including Stephen King's Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), The Triangle (2005), The Lost Room (2006) and King's television series Kingdom Hospital (2004), on which he directed every episode of the series.
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Biography/Timeline

1984

Beginning his career as a stunt performer, he was hired to perform Stunts in number of notable television series namely Police Story, Harry O, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Gemini Man, Roots and M*A*S*H .Also the pilot of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_(1984_U.S._TV_series) as second unit Director. . He worked as stunt coordinator and second unit Director on The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team (on which he later made his directorial debut). He was stunt coordinator on the feature films The Warriors (1979) and The Long Riders (1980), as well as second unit Director on Reds (1981) and Predator (1987).

1988

In 1988, he made his feature film directorial debut with Action Jackson. His other feature film credits are I Come in Peace (1990), Stone Cold (1991) and Sniper 2 (2003).

1999

Baxley's other television directing credits include miniseries based on Stephen King works namely Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), Kingdom Hospital (2004), as well as The Triangle (2005) and The Lost Room (2006). Some of his television film credits include A Family Torn Apart (1993), Twisted Desire (1996) and Silencing Mary (1998) both starring Melissa Joan Hart.