Connor Van Vuuren () is an Australian stuntman, writer, actor, and director. He co-wrote and co-directed the TV mini-series Bondi Hipsters with his brother Christiaan Van Vuuren. He has created, written, directed and starred in two seasons of ABC's Soul Mates series in 2014 and 2016 as Phoenix with his brother and Nicholas Boshier, and as a stunt actor in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), and The Wolverine (2013).
Early life Van Vuuren grew up in Cronulla. His parents met in London, his father a South African and his mother a Kiwi. He graduated with a degree in Media Arts and Production from the University of Technology Sydney and trained in acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Filmography
Films YearTitleRole2010The Lovers Are LosingDane2011A Few Best MenStunts2012SickConrad Van Heerden2012Too LateDirector2013The WolverineStunts2014BrawlN/A2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesStunts2014I, FrankensteinStunts2015Mad Max: Fury RoadStunts2016Gods of EgyptStunts
Television YearTitleRoleEpisodes2010KokodaStunts22010K9Drake112011Bondi HipstersPhoenix/Director/WriterN/A2011Wild BoysGrady McLean12013The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife FightingDirector22014Soul MatesPhoenix/Director/Writer/Producer62014Love ChildStunts12018Mystery RoadReece Dale
Nominations Australian Directors Guild Awards 2017: Best direction in a TV or Svod comedy program (shared with Christiaan Van Vuuren)
References
External links
Bondi Hipsters on YouTube Connor Van Vuuren on YouTube Van Vuuren Bros on YouTube Turnbull, Malcolm (15 March 2015). The Van Vuuren Brothers and New Media Models