Ken Quitugua - An Indie Action Prodigy (Action Talks #27)

Ken Quitugua is a martial artist, stuntman, and action designer known for films like The Paper Tigers, The Challenger, and Unlucky Stars. He also has deep roots in the indie action movement, having worked on Zero Gravity projects like Title Pending 2 and Damn 3. You can also see him in Rope A Dope 2. We talk in depth about movement and action design. You can see his IMDB here: Edited by Noel Ross Action Talks on YouTube: Action Talks on Spotify: Action Talks on iTunes: Telegram: My studio SuperAlloy: Blog: Timestamps 0:02:45 How Ken got started 0:07:30 Discovering filmmaking styles and techniques 0:09:31 Learning martial arts/movement and adapting it for film 0:13:59 Chinese Lion Dance 0:16:44 Digital filmmaking in early 2000s 0:18:45 Shooting with Zero Gravity 0:25:05 Damn 3 0:26:33 Other sources of inspiration 0:27:37 His film Act of Revenge 0:34:31 Bookie, story telling, and collaboration 0:38:09 The Challenger 0:43:49 Choreographing “slop“ 0:46:47 The Paper Tigers 0:54:37 Unlucky Stars 1:01:14 How does the audience see actopm 1:10:24 Why Ken’s not in Hollywood 1:14:10 What Ken looks for in action films 1:17:38 Advice for up and coming indie designers