Andy Armstrong

In 2019 Andy was inducted into the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures as a lifetime honorary member. This award is in appreciation of his outstanding contribution to the Film and Television Industry .

Andy Armstrong is the recipient of the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival 2017 Artemis Stunt Rebel Award.

Awarded The Action Icon Diamond in the Raw, the 2013 "Gem" Award for providing opportunity for Stunt Women in positions traditionally held by Stunt Men.

Andy raced in the 1994 La Carrera Panamericana Mexican vintage car road race which covers two thousand miles over seven days from the very south of Mexico near the Guatemala border to Nuevo Laredo on the border with the USA. Andy drove his 1954 Jaguar XK120 Roadster and finished in third place in Sport Mayor, the Large Sports Car Class. In 1995 Andy visited the race again but this time to make a documentary about it.

With these major credits under his belt, by 1987, Andy once again decided to concentrate on action but this time, creating and directing entire action sequences. This move led Andy to design, coordinate and or direct some of the largest action sequences ever achieved on many international productions. These are typified by the huge (Twelve hundred people) Teamster battle in Hoffa, the (Fourteen hundred people) charge and battles in Stargate; the action on Galaxy Quest, the World War One Battle Scenes for Oscar Winner Frank Pearson's TV Movie Truman, starring Gary Sinese and the huge battles in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, the car stunt sequences of Highwaymen, and most recently the action sequences on Scooby Doo 2, Cat Woman, I Robot and Eragon.

Andy decided in 1973 to make use of his organizational skills too and become an assistant film director. This proved extremely successful and Andy enjoyed a meteoritic rise through the ranks of third, second and eventually first AD to become one of the World's most highly paid AD's. This work took him all over the world. Specializing particularly in very large international productions that involved complex, dangerous and logistically difficult stunts and action sequences, including the three of the largest James Bond films, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

From 1973 to 1987 Andy worked as an Assistant Director on more than 70 International Movies. As First Assistant Director, Andy's credits include, among many others, Hope and Glory, The Last Place on Earth, Getting it Right, Party Party, Another Country and The Dresser (Both Hope and Glory and The Dresser were nominated for Best Picture Oscars).

Born in England, Andy competed in many forms of two and four wheeled motor sport before entering the movie business. He began his film career in 1972 in England and France as a vehicle stunt performer. Andy's talent was mostly concentrated towards vehicles stunts.