Ronin Traynor
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |
Fight Consultant
Theatre |
Treasure Island Oasis Academy |
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| 2013 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Hamlet Ely Amature Dramatic Society |
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| 2013 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Fourty Five Minutes Boden Youth Theatre |
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| 2013 |
Motion Capture Action Performer
Commercials & Industrials |
SWIPE - Behind the scenes Total War featurette Sky News |
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| 2013 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Spring Awakening Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2012 |
Fight co-ordinator
Television |
Chronicles of Syntax I Dare Productions |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Performer - Tournament Champion
Commercials & Industrials |
Medieval Banquets Lisa Gosbee / The Medieval Banquet |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Performer
Performing Arts |
Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition Philip Stafford / The Globe |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Cheese Warrior Maiden Training Andy Lewis / Michelle Young Films |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Making Sparks Jack Delaney |
|
| 2012 |
Featured Interview
Television |
Shakespeare Festival Centre TV |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Trainer & Fight Choreographer
Television |
Beat the Best Talpa |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Kill Zone NGP Alan Brand / Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Battles - Shogun (mobile platform) Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Rome II Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Saints & Heroes Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Film |
The Joint Venture Adina Istrate / Independent |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Film |
The Last Train Terry Marriott |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Film |
Still Life Yasmin Gurreeboo / Images of Elsewhere |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Consultant / Actor Training
Film |
Warrior Maidens Tom Radcliffe / Actors' Temple Company |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Film |
House of Knives Graham Henderson / Poet in the City |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Film |
Spring in June David Wike / London Film Academy / Through the Looking Glass Productions |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Film |
This is Toby Charlie Borchard / Cryogenic Gods / BFI |
|
| 2012 |
Fight co-ordinator
Film |
Fumes Tom Werber / Annex Films |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Performer
Film |
Voodoo Magic Elom Bell / E=MC2 |
|
| 2012 |
Fight co-ordinator
Film |
Candle to Water Nihat Seven / Blind Pictures Ltd. |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Event |
Pandora 2154 George Kirkham / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Le Carrosse du Saint Sacrement (Opera) Paul Carr / Dorset Opera Company |
|
| 2012 |
Fight and Movement Director
Theatre |
Il Trovatore (Opera) Sally Burgess / Dorset Opera Company |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Otello (Opera) Cecil Hayter / Southgate Opera |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Idomeneo (Opera) Anna Gregory / Morley College |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Consul (Opera) Anna Gregory / Morley College |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Die Walkure (The Valkyrie): Wagner goes Hollywood Fiona Williams / Fulham Opera |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
West Side Story Alexander Millen / RicNic |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Crazy for You Steven Green / Epsom Players |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Canterbury Tales Anthony Sebastian / Tacit Theatre |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Little Foot Adam Boden / Boden Youth Theatre |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Fantastical Adventures of [Not] Being With You Justen Bennett / Blue Elephant Theatre |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Romeo & Juliet Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Outward Bound Louise Hill / Finborough Theatre |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Do you wish to continue Joanna Turner / Theatre 503 |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Justice Towers Matt Salisbury & Becca Frith / Pretending People Theatre |
|
| 2012 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Macbeth Thom Sellwood / Quite Nice Theatre |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Consultant
Television |
The Link National Geographic |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Performer - Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Theatre |
Medieval Banquets David Baylif / The Medieval Banquet |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
COS Fight Call - Behind the Scenes Ronin Traynor / I Dare Productions |
|
| 2011 |
Sword Trainer & Fight Performer
Television |
Blue Peter - 11/10/2011 Patrick Talbot / BBC |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Dragon War Battle Pack Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2011 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Hattori Clan Pack Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2011 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2011 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2011 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Ikko Ikki (warrior monk) Clan Pack Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2011 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War Shogun 2 - Sengoku Jidai Pack Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Film |
The Fields Jack Burnford / Wolfheart Productions |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Film |
The Deserters Robert Myles / Independent Drama |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director & Actor 'Hemlock'
Event |
Chronicles of Syntax - Trailer Tania Martins / I Dare Productions |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Choreographer
Film |
RX Terra James Gaffney (Yusei) / BFI |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Choreographer
Film |
History John Dower / ALRA |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Choreographer
Film |
Pilates Partners John Dower / ALRA |
|
| 2011 |
Stunt Co-ordinator - pre-production
Film |
Tomb Bart Janse / Central Film School |
|
| 2011 |
Fight co-ordinator
Film |
Nunjas Stephane Tin / London Film Academy |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Film |
Disillusioned Dreams Natasha Luchmun / Cosila Films |
|
| 2011 |
Co-Director & Fight Director
Film |
Scrap Dawson James & Ronin Traynor / Independent Drama |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Performer
Commercials & Industrials |
Magnesium Jason Arber / Wyld Stallions |
|
| 2011 |
Assistant Fight Director
Film |
Tooting Broadway Devanand Shanmugam / Indian Summer Films |
|
| 2011 |
Special Action Performer
Film |
Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides Rob Marshall / Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Walt Disney |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Withered Arm Joanna Turner / Tate a Tate |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Tosca (Opera) Dame Josephine Barstow / Dorset Opera Company |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Otello (Opera) Anna Gregory / Dorset Opera Company |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Pagliacci (Opera) Anna Gregory / Opera Up Close |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Lion The With and The Wardrobe Adam Boden / Boden Youth Theatre |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Macbeth Sophie Gilpin / RSC Open Stages |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Canterbury Tales Juliane von Sivers / Tacit Theatre |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
King Lear Francesca Gilpin / RSC Open Stages |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Artisan Juliane von Sivers / Cheeky Beggars |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Possibilities Dan Collard / Royal Holloway |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
After the End Maria Varnakkidou / Royal Holloway |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Macbeth Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2011 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Hamlet Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2010 |
Director & Fight Director
Film |
Tycan I Mudd Ronin Traynor / Independent Drama |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
The Syndicate (series) Victoria Howell / Systir Productions |
|
| 2010 |
Combat Trainer
Television |
Anger Management William Johns / Flashback Television Ltd |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Napoleon Total War - Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2010 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Napoleon Total War - The Peninsular Campaign Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2010 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Napoleon Total War - Imperial Guard & Coalition Packs Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2010 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Napoleon Total War Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
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| 2010 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Total War - Shogun 2 Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2010 |
Director & Fight Director
Film |
The Journey Ronin Traynor / Independent Drama |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director & Fight Performer
Film |
The Choice Andreas Reksten / London Film School |
|
| 2010 |
Stunt Co-ordinator
Film |
Macbeth No More Suri Krishnamma / Shorthouse Productions |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Film |
South Side Shantelle Rochester / Urban Media Productions |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Film |
It's Over Sam Kahn / Impact |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Unit - Additional Choreography
Film |
School Run Phil West / Green Acre Productions |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Film |
Appetite Robert McKillop / National Film & Television School |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Beowulf (Opera) Buffy Sharpe / Eclectic Opera |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Pirates of Penzance Lee Power / Epsom Light Opera Company |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Little Women Adam Boden / Boden Youth Theatre |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Choreographer
Theatre |
West Side Story Chris Malone / Epsom Players |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Cave Aaron Paterson / Blue Elephant Theatre |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Marlow Marysia Kay / Theatro Technis |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Jukai Ailin Conant / Theatre Temoin |
|
| 2010 |
Assistant Fight Director
Theatre |
Troilus and Cressida Adrian Brown / Lost Theatre |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
friendrequest.com Kevin Condliffe / Dog Bite |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
On the Borderline Clara Armand / Interanimation Theatre |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Rip Her to Shreds Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2010 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Marlow Don Lillie / Griffon's Edge Productions |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Film |
The Surge 3D Chris Parks / Vision3 Ltd |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Commercials & Industrials |
Reiksguard promotion video Richard Williams / The Black Library Books / Warhammer |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Choreographer / Fight Performer
Commercials & Industrials |
Gloucester Quays Official Opening Gloucester Quays / Liveblades |
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| 2009 |
Fight Performer
Theatre |
Diamond Swords Roy Goodall / British Academy of Fencing |
|
| 2009 |
Assistant Fight Director / Fight Performer
Television |
Damian - The Fall of Innocence Ogodinife Okpue / Adverto Films |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Empire Total War - Elite Units (East, West & America) Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Event |
Empire Total War - The Warpath Campaign Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Next Global Crisis - Episode 2 Andrew Fraiser / NGC |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Film |
Penthesilea Juliane von Sivers & Erin Wheeler / Julian Von Sivers |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Event |
Upside Down (Dance) Alessandra Fel / Adventurers in Movement |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Hooked Anna Ostergren / Polly Coco & Co Productions |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Jesus Christ Superstar Adam Boden / Boden Youth Theatre |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Robin Hood Zoe Waterman / Little Wolf Entertainment |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Christmas Reloaded Sam Donovan / Papa Tango |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Edmond Elliot Cowan / Wiltons Music Hall |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
One White One Black Henry Muttoo / Rose Bruford Theatre |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Nature Adores A Vacuum Mike Miller / Solidaire Theatre Productions |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Woman Before Juliane von Sivers / Solidaire Theatre Productions |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
A Florentine Tragedy Robert Cameron / Syracuse University & New York University |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Othello Max Lewendel / Icarus Theatre Collective |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Bouncers Kristiina Paul / West Wing Rep |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Cinderella Yasmin Gurreeboo / Harrow Arts Centre |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
An Ode to My Sister Yasmin Gurreeboo / Images of Elsewhere |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Hugh Allison / The Yellow Chair Performance Experience |
|
| 2009 |
Assistant Fight Director
Theatre |
After Juliet Susan Raasay / Seedtime |
|
| 2009 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
'Tis Pity She's A Whore Joanna Turner / Baseless Fabric Productions |
|
| 2009 |
Director
Theatre |
Slog Ronin Traynor / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Choreographer & Performer
Film |
The Art of Duelling - Documentary The Art of Duelling - Documentary |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Performer
Theatre |
Olympic Dreamer Richard Shannon / Shannon & Clark Productions Ltd |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Choreographer & Performer
Event |
Empire Total War Greg Alston / Creative Assembly & SEGA |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Bugsy Malone Scott Burgess / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Back to the 80s Rob Ingham / CAST |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The revengers Tragedy Joanna Turner / Baseless Fabric Productions |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Collector Ben Caplan / Aslan Productions |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Beauty & the Beast Yasmin Gurreeboo / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2008 |
Director / Fight Director
Theatre |
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Ronin Traynor / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Can You See Me Yet Joanna Turner / Language Laid Bare Productions |
|
| 2008 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Wind in the Willows Yasmin Gurreeboo / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2007 |
Fighter & Fencing Coach
Performing Arts |
Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Jon Edgley-Bond / Hampton Court Palace |
|
| 2007 |
Fight Director
Film |
Four 1 George Kirkham / Muddy Icon |
|
| 2007 |
Fight Director
Film |
Hitting People With Sticks Marysia Kay / NaDobra Films |
|
| 2007 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Aladdin Lucy Bradley / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2007 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Black Comedy Danielle Scott / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2007 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
The Collector Ben Caplan / Aslan Productions |
|
| 2006 |
Fight Choreographer / Fight Performer
Performing Arts |
Mile End Festival Jon Edgley-Bond / Mile End Park |
|
| 2006 |
Fight Performer
Film |
The Stranger Jamie Montgomery / Pipe Dream Productions |
|
| 2006 |
Actor - The Fixer
Film |
Innocent Victim Brendon O'Loughlin / Ozone Films Trust |
|
| 2006 |
Fight Choreography & Performer
Theatre |
The Legend of Beowulf Delyth Jones / Travesty Theatre |
|
| 2006 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Cinderella Yasmin Gurreeboo / West Wing Arts Centre |
|
| 2006 |
Meri Christmas
Theatre |
Fight Director Pravesh Kumar / RIFCO |
|
| 2005 |
Fight Consultant
Commercials & Industrials |
Almost Nothing Caroline Ross / Beneath the Skin |
|
| 2004 |
Fight Director
Theatre |
Sex Drugs & Last Minute Goals Sarah Jones / SYPC |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | MA History of European Design and Visual Culture | Staffordshire University |
Equipment
My Equipment/Kit:
I can use:
About me
Ronin has directed fights for + 400 productions and is best known for his work on Sega's BAFTA-winning Total War series, which he has choreographed and performed fights for over the last 12 years. His Total War titles include Attila, Battles, Empire, Napoleon, Rome II, Shogun II, Three Kingdoms, Thrones of Britannia and Troy, a Total War Saga.Film credits includ The Intent 2 (Best Action Film - National Film Awards), Olive Green (Best Action & Adventure Film - US International Film Festival), Usagi Yojimbo (Best Choreography nomination, Off West End) and Ren The Girl With The Mark (multi award winning series currently in Amazon Prime).
Other clients as a choreographer and / or performer include Disney, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, Shakespeare’s Globe with commercials for brands such as Nike, Domino's, B&Q, Heineken, Red Giant and McCoys.
Ronin is a Master Teacher with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat, Firearms Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors, Master at Arms at the International Actor Academy and founder of Independent Drama, one of the world’s leading stage & screen combat training companies. His other teaching clients include the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), Drama Studio London (DSL), International School of Screen Acting (ISSA), Pineapple Dance Studios and international workshops in Europe, Ukraine and the United State of America.
Referees:
References, reviews and testimionals can be found at www.ronintraynor.com
Theatre professional:
Ronin has directed fights for a wide range of media including film, musicals, opera, motion capture and numerous theatre shows in the UK and overseas.
Having worked on over 150 projects credits include award winning projects such as SEGA's Total War franchise and The Syndicate, a series based around the lives of a family of serial killers. Other co-ordinatir creidts include Blue Peter (BBC) and British Sci FI series Chronicles of Syntax.
A certified teacher with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat, Ronin is also the committee Vice President.
Teaching work includes Drama Studio London, London School of Musical Theatre and RADA summer school.
Ronin is the director of Independent Drama - Dramatic Action Specialists, providing fight choreography, actor training and combat casting services to drama schools, theatre groups and the film and theatre industry.
Referees:
References, reviews and testimionals can be found at http://independentdrama.com/profiles/1C6-038-3DD-009
Alternatively visit www.ronintraynor.com
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Secondary Job Title | Armourer |
|---|---|
| Job Titles | Writer, Director, Stunt Coordinator / Stunts, Armourer, Weapon Master |
| Years in industry | 6+ years |
Highlights
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Jack Burnford (Director)
Ronin is a consumate professional - creative in his approach, full of ideas on how to make the scenes you want work, a good teacher and all in all a great person to have on your production.