The Art of Self-Defense
The Art of Self-Defense

The Art of Self-Defense

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

Zack Goldsborough

Sound Recordist

Raymond Park

Sound Effects Editor

Becca Brooks Morrin

Set Dresser

Demetri Evdoxiadis

Supervising Sound Editor

Amy L. Forsythe

Makeup Department Head

Demetri Evdoxiadis

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Riley Stearns

Riley Stearns

Director

Sarah Beth Shapiro

Editor

Walter Kortschak

Producer

Stephanie Whonsetler

Producer

Andrew Kortschak

Producer

David Zellner

David Zellner

Executive Producer

Nathan Zellner

Nathan Zellner

Executive Producer

Heather McIntosh

Heather McIntosh

Original Music Composer

Michael Ragen

Director of Photography

Charlotte Royer

Charlotte Royer

Production Design

Riley Stearns

Riley Stearns

Screenplay

May Satsuki Asai

Visual Effects

Elissa Ruminer

Key Makeup Artist

Wayne Beauchamp

Special Effects Coordinator

Toby Sells

Prosthetic Designer

Aaron Worman

Special Effects Makeup Artist

T. Ryan Mooney

T. Ryan Mooney

Stunt Double

Ross Kohnstam

Ross Kohnstam

Stunts

Stephanie Adams

Second Assistant Director

Emily Blevins

Set Decoration

Jami Villers

Costume Design

Casey Curtiss

Digital Compositor

Diletta Di Nicolantonio

Assistant Director

Mindy Kelly

Stunt Coordinator

Nikki Stanley

Nikki Stanley

Stunt Double

Siena Brown

First Assistant Director

Chad Blevins

Art Direction

Josh Fried

Stunt Double

Cody Ryder

Producer

Andrew Karpen

Executive Producer

Lisa Ciuffetti

Co-Producer

Camille Bertrand

Co-Producer

Munika Lay

Executive Producer

Kent Sanderson

Executive Producer

Mindy Kelly

Fight Choreographer

Dan Mast

Stunt Driver

Heather Bonomo

Heather Bonomo

Stunt Driver

Steve Terada

Steve Terada

Stunt Driver

Nick DeKay

Nick DeKay

Stunt Driver

John Ross

John Ross

Utility Stunts

Geoffrey Storts

First Assistant Camera

Josh Boyd

Second Assistant Camera

Dave Ogle

Steadicam Operator

Jared Hardy

Digital Imaging Technician

Isaac Harrison

Still Photographer

Chris Polczinski

Production Sound Mixer

Tasha Ann Ladwig

Boom Operator

Gregory Sheppard

Graphic Designer

Eli Kleinsmith

Property Master

J. Ryan McCleney

Set Designer

Brett Durbin

Script Supervisor

Matt Ware

Chief Lighting Technician

Matt Ware

Gaffer

Eliot Brown

Best Boy Electric

Scott Phelps

Additional Gaffer

Hunter Zieske

Electrician

Zach Erwin

Electrician

Tyler Buchholz

Key Grip

Daniel Williamson

Best Boy Grip

Seth Ware

Grip

David Lowe

Dolly Grip

Tora Eff

Assistant Costume Designer

Elissa Ruminer

Hair Department Head

Erick Lagunes

Second Second Assistant Director