Wayne Michaels
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Wayne Michaels is a British stuntman
and stunt
arranger. He performed the bungee jump in the opening scenes in the James Bond film GoldenEye
. The opening 220 m bungee jump, shot at the Verzasca Dam
in Switzerland
, was voted the best movie stunt of all time as of 2002 and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure.
Apart from his work on a number of James Bond
films, he has performed stunt
s on more than 60 British and international film
and television
projects during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.
Stunt double
A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts...
and stunt
Stunt
A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or cinema...
arranger. He performed the bungee jump in the opening scenes in the James Bond film GoldenEye
GoldenEye
GoldenEye is the seventeenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Martin Campbell and is the first film in the series not to take story elements from the works of novelist Ian Fleming...
. The opening 220 m bungee jump, shot at the Verzasca Dam
Verzasca Dam
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam creates Lago di Vogorno upstream of Lake Maggiore and supports a 105 MW hydroelectric power station...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, was voted the best movie stunt of all time as of 2002 and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure.
Apart from his work on a number of James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
films, he has performed stunt
Stunt
A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or cinema...
s on more than 60 British and international film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
projects during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.