Wolfgang Stegemann

Wolfgang Stegemann is a stunt coordinator fight choreographer and secondunit director Stegemann was born on March 16 1974 in Berlin Germany Standing at 189 m 6 ft 2½ in his early work encompassed roles as a stunt performer rigging coordinator and fight choreographer with credits on international productions like Don The King Is Back 2011 Ninja Assassin 2009 V for Vendetta 2005 and Edge of Tomorrow 2014 As he built his reputation in the stunt community his fluency in both German and English combined with his expertise in wire work high falls martial arts precision driving and fire stunts made him a soughtafter coordinator and fight director By the mid2010s Stegemann had transitioned into secondunit direction and stunt coordination on highprofile Hollywood productions Notably he served as fight choreographer utility stunt performer and stuntrigger coordinator on Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 2015 went on to contribute to Mission Impossible Fallout 2018 coordinated fights for Men in Black International and Jumanji The Next Level 2019 and was involved in The Mummy 2017 His fight and stunt expertise also extended to Phoenix 2014 Victoria 2015 for which he was secondunit director and stunt coordinator and Luther The Fallen Sun and The Witcher Season 3 in 20222023 Throughout his career Stegemann has been recognised by his peers for his contributions to action filmmaking He earned nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble for Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 2016 and Mission Impossible Fallout 2019 winning the same award in 2024 for Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One reflecting his longstanding collaboration on the franchise At the Taurus World Stunt Awards he was nominated for Don 2 2012 and The Mummy 2018 and notably won Best Stunt Rigging for Mission Impossible Fallout in 2019 In addition to industry accolades Stegemann received the Webby Award in 2024 for Peoples Voice Viral for his immersive work as a secondunit director on The Witcher Season 3 His directorial prowess in shorter forms was celebrated in 2023 when he won Best Director for an Action Short Film at the Best Film Awards and received a nomination for Best Male Director at the Cannes World Film Festival both for Andrea Alive Stegemanns directorial short film Limitless garnered multiple wins in 2025 including Best Director and Best Short Film at the Dubai International Cine Carnival Film Festival a Certificate of Achievement at the Berlin Motion Picture Awards and Outstanding Achievement in both Best Director and Short Film at the Swedish Academy of Motion Picture Awards Outside the spotlight he maintains a robust international career often working and based in Berlin with ties to global production hubsincluding London Los Angeles and across Europe and North Americaand holds memberships in the Directors Guild of America Equity UK Screen Actors Guild the Taurus World Stunt Academy and more