The 87North Team
Mind-blowing entertainment through the power of action.
87North is the world-renowned production and action design company founded by filmmakers David Leitch and Kelly McCormick who are the force behind such iconic, high quality, and bold action tentpole films such as The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, Fast & Furious Present: Hobbs & Shaw, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, Love Hurts, Nobody, Violent Night, and John Wick. 87North’s work strives to bring attention to the stunt community, and in 2024, Leitch and McCormick produced a stunt segment for the 96th Academy Awards, paying homage to stunts in iconic films throughout the history of the Oscars. Additionally, for The Fall Guy, they pioneered a “Stunt Designer” credit to properly reflect the artistic contributions of Stunt Coordinators who serve as creative architects behind a film or show’s extraordinary stunts.
In 2022, 87North launched its action design and stunt facility, co-owned by Leitch and McCormick. Based in the heart of Hollywood, the state-of-the-art studio provides a comprehensive, safe, and skilled environment where world-class stunt designers create action stunts and train actors for 87North’s own productions, as well as for outside filmmakers and projects.
David Leitch
David Leitch is internationally renowned for directing critically acclaimed smash hits such as Fast & Furious Present: Hobbs & Shaw, Deadpool 2, and Atomic Blonde after making his directorial debut in 2014 with the surprise box-office hit John Wick starring Keanu Reeves, which he co-directed with Chad Stahelski. Leitch went on to serve as Producer on John Wick and as Executive Producer on John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and John Wick: Chapter 4.
Prior to establishing himself as a director, Leitch spent a decade in the stunt business, ending as the premiere 2nd unit director, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer on such films as The Wolverine, Captain America: Civil War, Logan, and Jurassic World. Previously, he doubled Matt Damon on Bourne Ultimatum and Brad Pitt on Fight Club and Mr. And Mrs. Smith, among others.
Kelly McCormick
Kelly McCormick is a visionary producer in the action genre. Prior to founding 87North, she served as Executive Vice President of Production and Acquisitions at Sierra Affinity, a foreign sales and financing company, where she packaged countless projects including such titles as Hell or High Water (Academy Award® nominee for Best Picture), Whiplash (Academy Award® nominee for Best Picture and winner of 3 Academy Awards®) Nightcrawler, and Manchester By The Sea (6 Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture).
· Her past credits as producer also include: Shadow In The Cloud, directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloe Moretz; Netflix’s How it Ends, directed by David M. Rosenthal and starring Theo James and Forest Whitaker; and Poms directed by Zara Hayes and starring Diane Keaton and Jacki Weaver.