Guy Manos
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Guy Manos is a former world champion skydiver and multiple world record holder, and a screenwriter
, film director
, and stuntman
. He is a graduate of the University of Miami
Film School.
A number of skydiving records were set or organised by Manos, including the world's first 2-point 100 way.
Skydiving Magazine
named Manos 'Skydiver of the Year' in 1992.
production From Wings Came Flight by directing and producing Flight of the Dream Team, a documentary.
Manos was a writer for the 1994 Hollywood action skydiving film Drop Zone
and a stunt double for Gary Busey
.
He co-wrote the screenplay for and directed the 2000 action-adventure film Cutaway
, about a U.S. Customs agent getting involved in skydiving as part of a sting operation targeting parachuting drug smugglers.
He directed action units in Drop Zone, Shadow Ops, Eraser
and Get Smart
, and has performed stunts in dozens of Hollywood films, including Virus
, Last Action Hero
, Eraser, George of the Jungle
, Cliffhanger
, and Get Smart.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, and stuntman
Stuntman
A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.Stuntman may also refer to:*The Stunt Man, a 1980 film starring Peter O'Toole*Stuntman , a 2002 video game**Stuntman: Ignition, its sequel...
. He is a graduate of the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
Film School.
Skydiving career
Manos has over 10,000 skydives to his credit and was a member of the DeLand Air Bears who won the 4-way World Championship in 1985.A number of skydiving records were set or organised by Manos, including the world's first 2-point 100 way.
Skydiving Magazine
Skydiving Magazine
Skydiving Magazine is an independent, monthly newsmagazine covering the events, equipment, techniques, people and places of sport parachuting. It is based in DeLand, Florida, and has been published continuously since 1979....
named Manos 'Skydiver of the Year' in 1992.
Film career
Manos featured in a number of skydiving fraternity video features as skydive photography became popular through the 1980s, and followed his involvement in the Norman KentNorman A Kent
Norman Albert Kent is an aerial cinematographer and skydiver best known for his aerial videography in films such as Cutaway, Drop Zone and Terminal Velocity.-Childhood:Born in El Paso, Texas, Kent grew up in Mexico City...
production From Wings Came Flight by directing and producing Flight of the Dream Team, a documentary.
Manos was a writer for the 1994 Hollywood action skydiving film Drop Zone
Drop Zone (film)
Drop Zone is a 1994 action movie directed by John Badham. It stars Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey and Yancy Butler.-Plot:Aboard a commercial airliner, U.S...
and a stunt double for Gary Busey
Gary Busey
William Gary Busey , best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in a large variety of films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage...
.
He co-wrote the screenplay for and directed the 2000 action-adventure film Cutaway
Cutaway (2000 film)
Cutaway is a 2000 action film about skydiving, directed by Guy Manos and starring Tom Berenger, Stephen Baldwin, Dennis Rodman, Maxine Bahns, Ron Silver, Casper Van Dien, and Thomas Ian Nicholas. The film features numerous aerial stunts and much of the film was shot in Miami. This was Dennis...
, about a U.S. Customs agent getting involved in skydiving as part of a sting operation targeting parachuting drug smugglers.
He directed action units in Drop Zone, Shadow Ops, Eraser
Eraser (film)
Eraser is a 1996 American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan and Vanessa L. Williams. It was directed by Chuck Russell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing in 1996.-Plot:...
and Get Smart
Get Smart (film)
Get Smart is a 2008 American spy-fi comedy film based on Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's 1960s spy parody television series of the same name. The film stars Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99...
, and has performed stunts in dozens of Hollywood films, including Virus
Virus (1999 film)
Virus is a 1999 science fiction-horror film directed by visual effects artist John Bruno and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland...
, Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....
, Eraser, George of the Jungle
George of the Jungle (film)
George of the Jungle is a 1997 live-action, family-oriented, romantic-adventure-comedy film based on the characters from the original cartoon of the same name. The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures with Mandeville Films and originally released to movie theatres on July 16, 1997...
, Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger (film)
Cliffhanger is a 1993 American action film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. Stallone plays a mountain climber, who becomes embroiled in a failed heist set in a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains...
, and Get Smart.