Gregg Smrz grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia racing motorcycles, while at the same time pursuing a career as a stuntman. Winning multiple championships as an amateur, Gregg turned pro in 1982 and competed in the AMA Formula One series. In 1983, Gregg won the AMA National race held at the Pocono International Raceway and finished third overall in the championship. Gregg is noted as the last privateer to win an AMA National on a Yamaha TZ750. Gregg also competed in the 1986 and 1987 AMACCS Endurance series racing for Dr. John’s Team Moto Guzzi, with the team winning the championship in both years. With the Formula One series suffering from the 1980s recession, Gregg retired from racing and moved to Hollywood CA to pursue his full-time career as a stuntman.

Gregg’s first job in Hollywood was doubling the lead on a motorcycle in the movie Quiet Cool. Ironically, this was a story about an ex-motorcycle road racer turned police detective. Soon after, Gregg and his brother began designing and building new innovative stunt equipment that would push the boundaries while improving safety. They first utilized this new equipment in the film Batman, directed by Tim Burton. Perfecting the gear and his craft over the next year, Gregg went on to be the Stunt Rigging Coordinator on the film Waterworld.

Over the next few years, Gregg began stunt coordinating, helping to design the motorcycle chase on Mission Impossible 2, the battle sequences on Windtalkers, and the motorcycle/car chase on the film Paycheck. Working alongside John Woo, Gregg absorbed as much knowledge as he could from this action icon. After Paycheck, John and Gregg created the exciting car chase in the BMW Film, The Hire.

In 2008, Gregg stunt coordinated the film Eagle Eye and the car chase where a computer takes over the car and creates chaos. Gregg next teamed up with Tom Cruise on the film Knight and Day where they filmed the action-packed motorcycle/car sequence in Spain. With the success of this film, Tom requested Gregg to stunt coordinate Mission Impossible 4. It was on this film that Gregg took stunt rigging literally to new heights, filming the spectacular Burj Khalif building sequence in Dubai.

In the next film in the series, Tom approached Gregg to design a motorcycle chase sequence for the film Mission Impossible 5, and to 2nd Unit direct the sequence. During the prep of the film, Gregg designed a completely new way of manipulating a motorcycle with an actor in a safe manner at high speeds, as well as designed a new innovative telescoping camera arm and shooting platform in which to film it.

Gregg’s next film was Six Underground where he and Michael Bay collaborated to design the exciting driving sequence which was filmed in Rome, Italy. Gregg’s next project was the film One Fast Move, where he 2nd unit directed a motorcycle road racing sequence at Road Atlanta Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Gregg most recently teamed up with John Woo on an action-packed remake of The Killer which was filmed in Paris, France.