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Stunt Performer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what stunt performers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most stunt performers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Stunt Performer with experience in screen and stage action, specialising in high falls, wire work and precision driving. Skilled at collaborating with stunt coordinators to deliver safe, repeatable performances that read on camera. Committed to rigorous safety checks and continuous physical training.
Key skills
- Craft and handmade production
- Wire rigs and descenders
- Stunt harnesses and safety lines
- Crash mats and airbags
- Pyrotechnic and fire safety equipment
- Onboard camera systems
- Physical stamina and dexterity
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Rehearsed and performed fight choreography with a 12-person stunt team, reducing on-set resets by coordinating timing with camera cues.
- Inspected harnesses, rigging and landing mats before every take, maintaining a zero-incident safety record across a six-month production.
- Executed high falls and wire work for a television series, adapting body position to match director notes and lens requirements.
- Trained in martial arts, gymnastics and horse riding five days a week to maintain readiness for varied stunt briefs.
Education
A bachelor degree in performing arts or a related field, or a diploma in screen and stage performance, plus specialist stunt training from a recognised provider such as the Australian Stunt Academy.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- stunt coordinator
- wire rigging
- high fall
- precision driving
- harness inspection
- risk assessment
- film set safety
- MEAA
- Safe Work Australia
- first aid certificate
- working with children check
- police check
- screen production
- television
- commercials
- live performance
- pyrotechnics
- horse riding
- martial arts
- gymnastics
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.