Recently, Stargate Command's David Read and Stargate SG1's Christopher Judge caught up with James for the Dialing Home interview series available on the Stargate Command website. James is well-known to Stargate fans worldwide as Stunt Co-ordinator of SGA & SGU & Fight Co-ordinator on the final few seasons of SG1. Firstly, James gave me and... Continue Reading →
Bam: What It Takes To Be A Stunt Performer
Stunt performer, Lani Gelera (Rachel Luttrell's stunt double on Stargate Atlantis) shared a clip from a stunt featurette where James explains what it takes to be a stunt performer. He especially recognises the toughness of female stunt performers who wear less padding due to costumes. Check it out! https://instagram.com/p/Bey7OVlguKC/ Featurette by Ivon Bartok (Grey Road... Continue Reading →
Secrets, glitter bombs and the scene that brought tears
Warning: Spoilers below..... Code of Silence was a great balance of action, drama, humour and romance that dispelled any misplaced viewer doubts that director James Bamford had the ability to evoke powerful, emotional performances from his cast. Not that I had any doubts. James is a long-time student of film in many genres, a film... Continue Reading →
Stargate and X-Men actors to guest star in Code of Silence
It feels like a year has gone by since Arrow Stunt/Fight Co-ordinator James Bamford teased that two actors from popular fandoms would guest star in the Arrow episode he directed, Code of Silence. With the episode airing next week, James announced the actors would be Rachel Luttrell from Stargate Atlantis and Daniel Cudmore from X-Men.... Continue Reading →
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http://instagram.com/p/pUS1YYFoKp/?modal=true I love the look on James' face.... what another photo lol
#tbt Choreographing for a pregnant woman
I rediscovered an interview with James for MGM where he discusses fight choreography for the Stargate Atlantis episode "Missing". In particular he discusses the challenges of choreographing for Rachel Luttrell who was pregnant at the time. Firstly, awwwwww at James' reaction upon hearing the exciting news from his friend. James was able to choreograph the... Continue Reading →