Stunt Coordinating + Safety Gear Rental

ADS has earned a reputation as the go-to professionals for action and stunt work in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. Our team pulls from decades of experience in martial arts, law enforcement, military service, filmmaking, and on-set results to deliver the best action coordinating services in the mid-south. We offer expertise in a wide variety of on-camera stunt work including fighting, driving, safe burns, wire work, water work, firearms safety, horseback riding/trick riding, and if there is anything your production needs that we feel falls outside of our ability to execute 100% safely then we are happy to connect you with a professional who can deliver exactly what you're looking for.

If your production is in need of safety equipment such as crash mats, concealed actor pads, or safe props then we are happy to rent out gear based on availability.

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Armorer Services + Weapons Rental

ADS has partnered with RIPCORD Industries to offer on-set experts for the safe handling and use of firearms for your production. In addition to safety expertise our armorers offer advisement on proper technique and tactics for your performers to accurately portray military and law enforcement personnel.

Additionally RIPCORD/ADS offers authentic firearm and kit rental for productions needing to equip actors to use a wide variety of safe firearms or portray members of law enforcement, SWAT, and military operators.

Lastly ADS is able to connect your production with either properly trained stunt performers or real retired/active duty members of military and law enforcement who are able to mimic their real-world training and tactics for camera.

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Actor Training/Group Training

ADS has trained actors from Marvel, Netflix, AMC, and the CW for stuntwork on camera.

We believe that although stunt doubles are an extremely important part of any action scene, productions will have the best results from actors that are well prepared for what a scene may demand of them..As such we offer comprehensive training programs for actors to ready themselves for the demands of working action for film and TV.

In addition to private training, ADS Nashville offers

discounted rates on group training sessions.

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Marine Coordination, Diving and Water Safety

Marine Coordination

Before the production starts, the Marine Coordinator works with all departments to help plan the production. Assisting with boat procurement or charter, and advising on the realities of filming on the water. On set, the Marine Coordinator works side by side with 1st AD to achieve the shots required. The Marine Coordinator works a little like the stunt coordinator, and that often the 1st AD will ‘hand over’ the set whilst filming is conducted in the marine environment

Water Safety

Working around, in, on, and under the water can be a dangerous environment. Having an experienced team of specialists helps to keep the cast and crew safe is very important. ADS team members have worked around the globe assisting productions whilst working in the marine environment.

Diving

ADS can provide a full dive team to support any underwater project. This could be as simple as being the safety diver to the underwater DOP, all the way through to building sets under water/ and training cast.

Team members were recently working on an underwater scene on a horror movie in KY, and in 2023 supported a Marvel movie involving a huge underwater set, and cast and stunt team training.

Dry for Wet

The team have worked on dry for wet productions, working on wires to achieve the cast movements, and CGI being used to add the water in post.