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Nick Satriano (born 24 March 1970; age 54) is an assistant director who worked as First Assistant Director on Star Trek Beyond, starting in the last week of January 2015 and replacing the previous choice Kim H. Winther. [1] [2]
Born in Lake Wales, Florida, Satriano attended the University of California in Santa Barbara between 1989 and 1992. He has been married to stuntwoman Jimena Ferrante since January 2007. The couple has two children. His sister is assistant director and producer Lisa C. Satriano.
During his early years in Hollywood, Satriano worked as production assistant on Lightning Jack (1994, with Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Richard Riehle, Roy Brocksmith, and Karen Austin), performed stunts in the thriller Persons Unknown (1996, with Brian J. Williams and stunt coordinated by Terry James and Debby Lynn Ross), and appeared as a featured actor in The Babe (1992, with James Cromwell, Bernard Kates, Michael McGrady, Danny Goldring, Michael Papajohn, Larry Cedar, Michael Krawic, Scott Haven, and Kara Zediker), Operation Dumbo Drop (1995, with Tim Kelleher), the drama The Setting Son (1997, with Beau Billingslea and Darin Cooper), and the independent production Infidelity/Hard Fall (1997, with Patti Tippo).
Satriano first worked as second second assistant director on films such as The Demolitionist (1995), Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), the drama The Postman (1997), and Armageddon (1998, second unit direction and produced by Kenny Bates). As second assistant director, Satriano worked on The Secret World of Alex Mack (1996), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Message in a Bottle (1999), Inspector Gadget (1999, executive produced by Ralph Winter), and Miracle in Lane 2 (2000) for which he won the DGA Award in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs in 2001.
Further credits as second assistant director include Gone in 60 Seconds (2000, with assistant director Tommy Harper), Swordfish (2001), Spider-Man (2002, starring Kirsten Dunst, executive produced by Stan Lee, and second unit action direction by Max Kleven), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003, starring Gabrielle Union and with assistant director Tommy Harper), Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), the drama Sideways (2004, starring Virginia Madsen), and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005, second unit direction by Mic Rodgers).
Satriano was the second unit first assistant director on Flight of the Phoenix (2004, second unit direction by Jimmy N. Roberts), Sky High (2005), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005, executive produced by Dana Goldberg), Stick It (2006), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Race to Witch Mountain (2009, starring Dwayne Johnson and second second assistant direction by Ian Calip), Angels & Demons (2009), and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). He also worked as first assistant director on Prison Break (2005-2006), The Lost Room (2006, starring Dennis Christopher and April Grace and second unit direction by Craig Baxley, Jr.), and Monk (2008).
As first assistant director on feature films, Satriano was credited on Knucklehead (2010, starring Big Show and Saul Rubinek), The Chaperone (2011),That's What I am (2011), Inside Out (2011), Bending the Rules (2012), The Expendables 2 (2012) The Expendables 3 (2014), the thriller Killing Season (2013), Escape Plan (2013, with Faran Tahir), Captain Phillips (2013), and Reach Me (2014, with Kelsey Grammer).
Most recent credits as second unit first assistant director include The Avengers (2012, with Chris Hemsworth), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Ant-Man (2015), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Furious 7 (2015, starring Dwayne Johnson and second unit direction by Joel Kramer and Spiro Razatos), San Andreas (2015, starring Dwayne Johnson), and Triple 9 (2015, with Clifton Collins, Jr.).