Scott Leva

Scott Leva(born May 29, 1958) is an award-winning stuntman and stunt coordinator who began his career as a gymnast and entered stuntwork in the 1970s.

Spider-Man

In 1985, Scott was tapped by Cannon Films & Joseph Zito (who was the 2nd director to replace Tobe Hooper as being the first director attached for Spider-Man) to play Spider-Man in their adaptation of the comics,He was also the actor on the first photographic cover of a Spider-Man comic book, appearing as Peter Parker, half-way in costume, on The Amazing Spider-Man, #262 (cover date March 1985).

Safety equipment designer

After a friend died doing a high fall, Scott started to tinker with the standard airbags used by stunt performers and eventually designed an airbag with a different structure. The older airbags had a tendency to throw a stunt performer if they didn't hit the bag perfectly, the new bag uses a different arrangements of air bladders and a less slippery top layer to help the performer to stay on the bag. He was awarded a Science and Technical Oscar for this design.

• 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best High Work for a 125-foot fall onto the top of a car on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
• 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best Overall Stunt Performer as stunt coordinator on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
• 2006 Academy Awards Science and Technical Oscar for his design of a safer air bag for high fall stunt work

Stunts or Stunt Coordinator

• Changeling (2008) (utility stunts)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (stunt rigger) (utility stunts)
• Dexter (stunt rigger) (1 episode, 2007)
• 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2007) (TV) (utility stunts)
• Hannah Montana (stunt rigger)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) (utility stunts)
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006) (assistant stunt coordinator)
• Crank (2006) (stunt safety)
• Zoom (2006) (stunts)
• World Trade Center (2006) (stunts)
• Everybody Hates Chris (2005) TV series (stunt rigger)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) (stunts)
• Desperate Housewives (2004) TV series (stunt rigger)
• Collateral (2004) (stunts)
• World's Finest (2004) (aerial stunt effects coordinator) (stunt coordinator)
• 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards (2003) (TV) (utility stunts)
• Taken (2003) (stunts)
• Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (2002) (assistant stunt coordinator) (stunts: high fall)
• Enterprise (2001) TV series (stunt double)
• The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2001) TV series (utility stunts)
• X-Men (2000) (stunt coordinator: second unit) (stunts)
• Timecop (1997) TV series (stunts)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) TV series (stunts)
• Space Truckers (1996) (stunt double) (stunts)
• Nash Bridges (1996) TV series (stunt performer)
• Baywatch Nights (1995) TV series (stunts)
• Sliders (1995) TV series (stunts)
• OP Center (1995) (TV) (stunts)
• Star Trek: Voyager (1995) TV series (stunts)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) TV series (stunts)
• Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1993) TV series (stunt double)
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) (stunts)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) TV series (stunts)
• Hook (1991) (stunts)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (stunts)
• The Rocketeer (1991) (stunts)
• The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989) (stunt coordinator) (stunts)
• Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) (stunts)
• The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) (stunt coordinator)
• Troma's War (1988) (stunt coordinator)
• Prime Evil (1988) (stunt double) (stunts)
• The Big Giver (1988) (stunt coordinator)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) TV series (stunts)
• Beauty and the Beast (1987) TV series (stunts)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985) (stunts)
• The Toxic Avenger (1985) (stunt coordinator)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) (stunt coordinator)
• Turk 182! (1985) (stunts)
• The Cotton Club (1984) (stunts)
• Splash (1984) (stunts)
• The World According to Garp (1982) (stunts)
• Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) (stunts)
• Superman (1978) (stunts)

Actor

• Star Trek: Deep Space NineOrtikan (1 episode, 1997)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

• Ritual (2001/I) (second unit director)
• Pilgrim (2000) (second unit director)
• If Dog Rabbit (1999) (second unit director)
• The Heist (1999) (second unit director)
• Southern Cross (1999) (second unit director)
• The Outsider (1998) (TV) (second unit director)
• Mars (1998) (second unit director)
• Acts of Betrayal (1997) (second unit director)
• Mercenary (1997) (TV) (second unit director)
• The Journey: Absolution (1997) (second unit director)
• Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1997) (TV) (second unit director)

Director

• The Greatest Show Ever (2007) (TV)