MARVIN WALTERS, STUNTMAN & FOUNDER OF THE BLACK STUN MAN ASSOCIATION

MR. WALTERS SAW A NEED FOR CHANGE IN HOLLYWOOD AND NOT JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, HE MADE FOUGHT AND MADE THE CHANGES THAT WE SEE TODAY IN FILMS.  IN 1976 HE filed 32 EEOC Charges against the major motion picture studios in 1976 and won 5 Settlement Agreements in 1979: These Settlement Agreements changed the hiring practices for *minorities throughout the entire motion picture industry. *“If you were not related to, or a close friend to someone in the motion picture business you were a minority and your chances of getting into the business were very slim!”  Marvin Walters and Eddie Smith founded the Negro Stuntmen’s Association in 1967;  name changed to The Black Stuntmen’s Association in April 1968. Marvin Walters and Jadie David founded the Coalition of Black Stuntmen and Women in 1973: These 2 groups  changed Hollywood’s hiring practices.

MARVIN WALTERS IS CREDITED:

• 2000 3 Strikes (stunts) 1998 Armageddon (stunts - as Marvis Walters) 1997 Eve's Bayou (stunt coordinator)
• 1993 Heart of Darkness (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator) 1990 RoboCop 2 (stunts) 1990 Keaton's Cop (stunt  Coordinator) 1989 Glory (stunt player) 1988 Traxx (stunts)