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Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 3:18AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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Yeah, I know... I haven't posted anything here in a long time. This is because nothing of great interest (at least to you guys out there, I guess) has happened in my life... in terms of my stunt career and all related topics. I got hit by a couple of exciting events in my private life, but that's another story and... well, private.

This career stagnation is due to a number of things. In Germany, we're dealing with a general depression in film business at present, which - naturally - affects the stunt industry, as well. In numbers, more than 70 movie projects scheduled for the upcoming year got canceled, owing to severe cuts in the government-funded promotion of the German film arts.

We're not in Hollywood, for sure. Of course, this situation sucks big time, and the majority of the German stunt people are sitting around on their butts, twiddling their thumbs.

The few guys that work in live stunt shows or on ongoing TV shows are a bit better off, but these jobs are scarce and competition is getting stiffer.

As a consequence, I'm planning on going back to Asia as soon as possible. The job situation in the flickers has always been much better for me over there. Hope dies last.

Whatever... I'm focusing on my training right now, still trying to improve my humble Wushu skills, and in this connection I've worked with Lara-Katrin Michalzik, an equestrian and horse trainer from Berlin. She's also into Wushu and martial arts and she invited me to a photo session a couple of weeks ago. And by the way... she's completely nuts

Anyway, I'm pleased to present you with the result of that shooting.

I hope you'll like it.

Entry comments (17)

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JRS
posted on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 4:27PM [Report]

Wow....I really love the lighting in those pics! I hope you are finding work now. How have you been?
asixirivong
posted on Friday, Jul 24, 2009 10:44AM [Report]

hi Stefan .... Nice pictures... Very interest ...Make feeling for watching!! :)
Phattam
posted on Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 1:31PM [Report]

Cool pics!
leomonkey
posted on Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 9:02AM [Report]

extraordinary images.
70 films got their funding cut!!! that sounds like a severe situation. good luck in asia
elle75
posted on Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 3:00AM [Report]

Color look so surreal, almost fairy tales like. You're due for a great change and even better..."exciting and private" are a good combo to describe good stuffs (^_^) Looking forward to hear your announcement to Asia departure soon...
1rcc
posted on Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 1:54AM [Report]

I like these are cool.
Quinn Johnson
posted on Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 12:16AM [Report]

wow these look great!
Shairah
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 9:24PM [Report]

Very cool shots!
Wu Di
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 5:27PM [Report]

nice !!!
rottendoubt
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 1:20PM [Report]

wow, very nice!
Pierre Bourdaud
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 1:01PM [Report]

Amazing picture! The colors are great!!!
Gogi Nebulana
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 11:36AM [Report]

woow!!
critterdee
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 11:34AM [Report]

Great shot! Looks like your flying.
MADEinHK
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 10:00AM [Report]

so when u coming to hk again? beer!!! haha

WILL.C.
Zhou Xiao Fei
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 9:43AM [Report]

very nice~~~
maxhuang
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 6:45AM [Report]

wow,
so nice photos. i will call u this week ok?
mhough
posted on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 3:26AM [Report]

wow that's a nice shot!

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My athletic background as a stunt actor is firmly rooted in the sport of Chinese Wushu (Old School, as it's now called)...
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My athletic background as a stunt actor is firmly rooted in the sport of Chinese Wushu (Old School, as it's now called). I used to be a member of the German National Wushu Team for many years and I won quite a few national & international titles back in the day. I first came to China in 1989, and then again in 1992, to train with the professional Wushu teams of Zhejiang and Hebei. This is when I got my Chinese moniker De Long (德龙). "De" because I am German ("De Guo" is Germany in Mandarin) and "Long" (Dragon) because I was born in the Year of the Dragon. Admittedly, not very original, but it has grown on me.

In Germany, I had worked with actor, fight choreographer & Wushu champion Li Yanlong (李彦龙) and his stunt & martial arts group for almost a decade, until I traveled to Shanghai in 2002 to play a small role in the Chinese TV production "Yuan Hai Qing Tian"(缘海情天), starring one of my all-time favorite Chinese actresses, "The Face" Wu Chien-lien (吴倩莲). After that, I decided to stick around for a little while... and, well, now it seems that I'm sort of stuck here.

Over the past 5 years I have appeared in countless productions, anything from small-time to big budget, from soap to arthouse. I've hit the cutting-room floor more than once, but I've had the chance to work with (and to learn from) many top actors & directors during this time.
I have somehow managed to establish myself as a fairly well-known foreign actor & stunt performer in Shanghai, but I'm particularly fond of the action movie projects I did in Hong Kong... no milestones of film history by any means, but a childhood dream come true in any case.

Chinese TV series (actor):

2002 Yuan Hai Qing Tian (缘海情天) with Wu Chien-lien (吴倩莲)
2003 Da Ran Fang (大染房) with Hou Yong (侯咏)
2004 Guo Bao (国宝) with Winston Chao (赵文瑄)
2004 Jin Shou Zhi (金手指) with Ray Lui (呂良偉)
2005 Guo Jian Die Ji Hua (国间谍计划)
2005 Zhong Hua Ying Xiong (中华英雄) with Peter Ho (何润东)
2006 Ni Hong Deng Xia De Shao Bing (霓虹灯下的哨兵)
2007 Lu Ding Ji (鹿鼎记) with Huang Xiaoming (黄晓明)
2008 Hai Lang Xing Dong (海狼行动)...in production...

Chinese TV series (stunt actor):

2004 Tie Xue Lian Hua (铁血莲花) with Tse Kwan-hou (谢君豪)
2005 Jin An (金岸, unreleased) with Ian Powers (恒力)
2007 The Legend of Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) with Ekin Cheng (郑伊健)

German TV series (stunt actor):

2008 "Lasko - The Fist of God" with Mathis Landwehr... in production...

Feature films (stunt actor):

2004 “The King Of Wrestlers”(搏击之霸)/HK – with Ridley Tsui (徐寶華), Sang Weilin (桑伟林), Lin Quan (林泉), Zhao Yi (赵毅)
2004 “PTU File: Death Trap”(PTU女警之偶然陷阱)/HK – with Michael Wong (王敏德), Anya (安雅), James Ha (夏占仕), Terence Yin (尹子维), Andrew Lin (连凯)

Feature films(actor):

2008 “Qing Gui Shang Li” (情归上里) with Ian Powers (恒力), Fatima Yaqi (法提麦雅琦)... in production...

Feature films (stunt double):

2008 "John Rabe"/ Germany & China - with Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Bruehl, John Buscemi, Zhang Jingchu (张静初)...in production...

Short films (actor):

2007 “There’s Only One Sun” directed by Wong Kar-wai (王家衛) with Amelie Daure, Gianpaolo Lupori

TV commercials:

NESCAFE… with Yunjin Kim
NISSAN
LUX… with Maggie Q
TOSHIBA
HONG KONG TIMES SQUARE
JUN ZAI LAI YELLOW WINE
FORD
VOLKSWAGEN
HAIER

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Occupation: Actor , Martial arts , Stuntman
Gender: Male
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