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SYNOPSIS
SAG-AFTRA members play a wide variety of roles in the entertainment industry, but we don’t always have a chance to take a closer look at all the different categories of work. If you have ever wondered what a day on set is like for a stunt performer we will be getting an inside look from some of the industry’s best. It’s not just jumping off buildings and getting hit by cars – a lot of preparation and planning goes into coordinating and performing stunts, both large and small. Join us for an entertaining and informative discussion on the art of stunts.
PANELISTS BIOS
LaFaye Baker
LaFaye has been in the entertainment industry for over 20 years as a professional Stuntwoman/Stunt Coordinator. She has over 135 credits in the industry as a Stunt Performer. She also was the first African American Stuntwoman to Stunt Coordinate a big budget project “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.” LaFaye currently is the executive producer of a documentary about African American Stuntwomen called "Hollywood at Its Best”. In addition, to her career as a stunt performer she has been working as a Probation Officer for over 22 years. As a Probation Officer, she has worked with juvenile delinquents and developed several innovative and creative special programs for at risk teens. She discovered that at risks teens were quite intrigued with the entertainment industry. By co-mingling her expertise in dual careers, she plans on increasing the ratio of women working in the entertainment field by creating programs that would be captivating for at risk teens (especially young girls). LaFaye graduated from California State University Long Beach where she received her Bachelors of Arts Degree. In 2002 she completed the University of California Los Angeles Film, Television and Digital Entertainment Studies Program.
Lisa Hoyle
William Leong
William has been a SAG-AFTRA member for over 25 years. he has performed stunts in well over 350 commercials, hit television shows and feature film productions with a safety record that is impeccable. Have seen production companies push the envelope with our union rights and our hard earned salaries using our own SAG-AFTRA rules against us in many instances, totally ignoring the SAG-AFTRA rules in itself. He has filed many claims on his and on his stunt team’s behalf. In one case he filed a commercial claim on behalf of the stunt team and won a $20,000 judgement for one of the claimants.
Moderator - Jane Austin, SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local President
Jane is the national secretary-treasurer and the Los Angeles Local president for SAG-AFTRA. Before Austin’s election to both offices in 2015, she served on the boards of Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for 12 years and the merged SAG-AFTRA National Board for two years. Austin’s many years of board service include four turns on the TV/Theatrical Negotiating committee, member of the Communications Committee, Disciplinary Review Committee and the National Executive Committee. In her work as national chair of the Stunt & Safety Committee, Austin spearheaded the successful effort to have stunt performers and their work recognized at the SAG Awards. Jane is venerable force in the stunt community. Her career as a stuntwoman began in 1988 on the television series Tour of Duty, where she earned her SAG card. Jasne has done stunt work on feature films such as Wayne’s World, Naked Gun, Star Trek Generations, Red Eye, Elizabethtown, Poseidon and Scent of a Woman; television shows China Beach, The District, Law & Order, Justified, Key and Peele, True Blood and on three seasons of V.I.P. to name a few. Austin has driven for numerous car commercials and specializes in aerials stunts and fireburns. Biggest stunts to date include a 650-foot descender and an 80-foot high fall.
