Film Fights With Friends
Film Fights With Friends
Film Fights with Friends is the premiere action filmmaking podcast and film festival. Join filmmaker stuntmen Paul Varacchi and Stephen Koepfer on a show that was nominated for Best TV/Film Podcast at the 2025 Podcast Awards and won the Dramatic Action Awards for the past 2 years running! In 2015 Paul and Steve founded Breakfall Studios, New York’s top action design studio. Get a view behind the camera as they sit with industry guests, break down cinematic fight scenes and action sequences, explore the filmmaking craft, and share their own filmmaking journeys. STEPHEN KOEPFER Stunt performer, filmmaker, renowned coach and martial artist. Stephen has stunt doubled for the likes of Jonanthan Banks, Eddie Marsan, Henry Winkler and Tom Hollander as well as performed stunts on productions including Ray Donovan, Caught Stealing, The Beast in Me and John Wick 2 & 3. As a filmmaker, he has produced and directed several narrative films and documentaries that reflect his passion for storytelling. PAUL VARACCHI Martial artist, stunt & motion capture performer, and celebrity chef. Paul has appeared in such shows as Daredevil, The Punisher, Walking Dead: Dead City and World Beyond, The Night Agent and Gotham. Behind the camera, Paul has many years of production involvement in roles ranging from PA to department head including extensive Health and Safety experience at Marvel and Disney. At the age of 8, Paul’s dad took him to see Robocop and the rest is history! ® Film Fights With Friends, LLC
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Feb. 27, 2025

022: Copes on Ropes

022: Copes on Ropes
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Actor turned Comedian turned Stuntman turned Circus Rigger turned Stunt Rigger. Born in Ortonville, Michigan, in 1971. A former school wrestling champion, Brett has since trained in swordplay, film fighting, knife throwing, bullwhip, and as an escape artist. Throughout his career, Brett has earned a plastic bone that holds his left eye in place and has fractured his femur, the largest bone in the body, completely in half. In college, Brett was a dramatic actor, performing in over a dozen Shakespeare plays. Now, as a SAG-AFTRA stunt rigger, circus rigger, rigging coordinator, and consultant, Brett has been the head rigger of several circus festivals, rigged for Cirkus Smirkus, Dream World Cirque, Peter Pan 360, Mille +UNA (Italy), Mar Del Zvr (Panama) and Marvel Universe Live. Brett has been a member of the rigging teams on Cirque Du Soliel: O, Iris, The Light, The Beatles: Love and as the rigging designer/PM, the Helen Fischer Tour for CDS/45 Degrees. In television and film, Brett has rigged on Creepshow, Black Lightning, Swarm, Panhandle and the Academy Awards. Brett has developed several acrobatic rigging seminars, having taught across the USA, Central America, Australia and the UK.

Brett’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1173669/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Fight or Flight Entertainment: https://www.fightorflightent.com/

Rigging Reel: https://youtu.be/LWxg6_I7gSw?si=YBAnMSd4yrLYsYGq

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Paul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Breakfall Studios’ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/breakfallstunts


OUR SPONSORS

Stunt Access

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https://www.facebook.com/StuntAccess

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Stunt Contact

http://stuntcontact.com

http://instagram.com/stuntcontact

http://facebook.com/stuntcontact


Fight or Flight Entertainment

http://fightorflightent.com

http://facebook.com/fightorflightentertainment

http://instagram.com/fightorflightent


PRODUCERS

Executive Producers:

Stephen Koepfer

Paul Varacchi

Thiago Benedetti