Victor Magnotta

Personal Info

Know For

Crew

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-10-10 (44 years old)

Deathday

1987-01-08

Place of Birth

Pleasantville, New York, USA

Victor Magnotta

Biography

Magnotta was known in the film industry as a stunt coordinator for numerous features shot in New York during the 1970s and 1980s. In addition to handling the stunts on "Taxi Driver," Magnotta lent his expertise to films like Brian De Palma's "Dressed to Kill," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club," Ron Howard's "Splash" and Russel Mulcahy's "Highlander," among many other titles. Magnotta's final screen credit was as coordinator and stunt performer in the 1988 film "The In Crowd." While performing a stunt for the 1987 film "The Squeeze" which required him to drive a car off a ramp and into the Hudson River, a specially designed Plexiglass ...

Acting

1985

After Hours

as Dead Man

1982

1979

The Warriors

as Police

1976

Taxi Driver

as Secret Service Photographer

1980

Raging Bull

as Fighting Soldier (Reeves Fight)

1982

The Soldier

as Bruiser

Production

1984

The Bounty

as Stunts Coordinator

1987

The Secret of My Success

as Stunt Coordinator

1987

Ishtar

as Stunt Coordinator

1980

Dressed to Kill

as Stunt Coordinator

1964

1987

The Believers

as Stunts

1984

Splash

as Stunts

1981

Endless Love

as Stunt Coordinator

1985

Finnegan Begin Again

as Stunt Coordinator

1978

Somebody Killed Her Husband

as Stunt Coordinator

1980

Simon

as Stunt Coordinator

1980

Simon

as Stunts

1986

Highlander

as Stunt Coordinator

1984

The Cotton Club

as Stunt Coordinator

1982

Amityville II: The Possession

as Stunt Coordinator

1982

Fighting Back

as Stunt Coordinator

1987

The Squeeze

as Stunt Coordinator

1987

1979

The Wanderers

as Stunt Coordinator

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