Rémy Julienne

Rémy Julienne was a French motorcycle and rally competitor who became one of the best known vehicle stunt coordinators in cinema. Born in 1930 in Cepoy, south-east of Paris, the son of café owners, he began riding motocross as a boy and won the French motocross championship in the 1950s, a result that brought him to the notice of the stunt coordinator Gil Delamare. He was also a rallycross champion. After Delamare died in 1966, Julienne took over his film contracts and went on to plan and coordinate the vehicle sequences of more than 1,400 productions, including the Mini chase in The Italian Job and stunts in six James Bond films. He also founded a school in France for stunt drivers and mechanics, and died in January 2021 at the age of 90 after contracting COVID-19.