---
name: "Cort Hessler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cort-hessler"
fi1m_id: "cort-hessler"
imdb_id: "nm0002696"
tmdb_id: 1554998
wikidata_id: "Q112123623"
roles: ["Stunt coordinator","Director"]
born: "11 May 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:59:27.915542+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cort Hessler

## Identity

Cort Hessler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cort-hessler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cort-hessler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002696
- **TMDB ID:** 1554998
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112123623
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cort_Hessler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112123623, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1554998

Stunt coordinator and director. Born 11 May 1969 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Stunt coordinator, Director
- **Born:** 11 May 1969, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Cort L. Hessler III, Cort Hessler III, Court Hessler III, Cort L. Hessler
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (1), 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cort_Hessler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112123623, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1554998

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cort Hessler is an American stunt coordinator, second unit director and director. He began working in stunts in the mid-1980s and has coordinated action sequences for numerous television series and feature films.

He is best known for his long association with the series *The Blacklist* (2013–2023), serving as stunt coordinator on more than 200 episodes, second unit director on dozens of episodes and director of eight episodes. Hessler has received one Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination and holds the record for the most nominations in the category with thirteen.

His other credits include stunt work and coordination on films such as *Doctor Strange* (2016), *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), *Wanted* (2008) and *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), as well as series including *Blue Bloods* and *Burn Notice*.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, orlandosentinel.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Dying for Sex* (2025), Fi1m 81, Stunt Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *Gone Baby Gone* (2007), Fi1m 79, Stunt Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-baby-gone.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dying for Sex* (2025), series, Stunt Coordinator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md)
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Stunt Driver — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *Alien Vs. Zombies* (2017), Stunt Coordinator
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Stunt Driver — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-strange.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014), Stunts
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (2013), Stunt Driver
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Director, Stunt Coordinator — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Premium Rush* (2012), Stunts
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, Stunt Coordinator
- *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), Stunt Driver — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adjustment-bureau.md)
- *Morning Glory* (2010), Stunts
- *When in Rome* (2010), Stunts
- *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009), Stunts
- *The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3* (2009), Stunt Driver
- *Marley & Me* (2008), Stunt Driver
- *Pride and Glory* (2008), Stunt Driver
- *Wanted* (2008), Stunt Driver
- *Step Up 2: The Streets* (2008), Stunt Coordinator
- *Gone Baby Gone* (2007), Stunt Coordinator — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-baby-gone.md)
- *The Ex* (2006), Stunts
- *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), Stunt Driver
- *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), Stunt Driver
- *Failure to Launch* (2006), Stunts
- *16 Blocks* (2006), Stunt Coordinator
- *Into the Fire* (2005), Second Unit Director
- *Transporter 2* (2005), Stunts
- *Taxi* (2004), Stunt Driver
- *She Hate Me* (2004), Stunt Driver
- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Stunt Driver
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Stunts — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Death of a Dynasty* (2003), as Stunt Driver No. 1
- *Down* (2001), Stunts
- *Hannibal* (2001), Stunts
- *Absence of the Good* (1999), Stunts
- *Scarred City* (1998), as Guard #2
- *Wild Things* (1998), Stunts
- *Sub Down* (1997), as Sailor · Stunts, Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *A Life Less Ordinary* (1997), Stunts
- *Dying to Belong* (1997), Stunts
- *Blood and Wine* (1996), Stunts
- *Striptease* (1996), Stunts
- *The Substitute* (1996), Stunts
- *The Birdcage* (1996), Stunts — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, Stunt Double

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