Malaysia

Stunt & Action Industry Directory

An independent, unranked guide to Malaysia's stunt and screen-action world — the national film agency and performer associations, the stunt teams international productions hire when filming in Kuala Lumpur, and the national academy training the country's screen-action talent.

UNIONS & BODIES · STUNT GROUPS · ACADEMIES

Malaysia

Unions & Industry Bodies

FINAS

Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia

Govt Film Agency · Selangor

The federal agency established in 1981 under the Ministry of Communications, mandated to develop and regulate the Malaysian film industry — shooting licences, the Compulsory Screening Scheme, incentives and Festival Filem Malaysia. The central government body any stunt or action worker interacts with.

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Persatuan Seniman Malaysia (SENIMAN)

Malaysian Artists Association

Performers' Association · Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia's oldest entertainment-industry association (registered 1974), with around 5,000 members. Under FINAS rules its membership is effectively required to perform in local TV and film, making it the de-facto performers' register — the category that includes on-screen action performers.

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PROFIMA

Persatuan Pekerja Profesional Filem Malaysia

Film Workers' Association · Kuala Lumpur

Established 1993, representing professional film-crew workers with over 14,000 members across 101 fields of work. It runs set-management and on-set safety seminars — the body that most directly covers technical and physical crew, including stunt performers and riggers.

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Stunt Groups & Action Teams

JST & SFX Production

Led by James Chung

Stunt Team · Kuala Lumpur

Led by stunt director James Chung, a roughly 20-person team with 20+ years' experience — Malaysia's most internationally visible stunt outfit. It handled Malaysian-shot action for Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts at Merdeka 118, KL, and worked on Strike Back and The Ghost Bride. No standalone website.

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Defenderz (Malaysia Action Team)

Klang Valley

Stunt & Action Team · Malaysia

A stunt-coordination and action-choreography team that also supplies martial-arts performers and runs public action-choreography workshops. Credited on local projects including Blood Brothers: Bara Naga (2025). Social-media presence only.

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Tactical Stunt Production (TSP)

Kuala Lumpur

Stunt Production · Kuala Lumpur

A KL-based team specialising in action, stunt performance and rigging coordination for film and TV, with a stunt reel on YouTube. An active Malaysian outfit with a Facebook-only public presence ([email protected]).

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Academies & Training

ASWARA

Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan

National Arts Academy · Kuala Lumpur

The national, government-funded arts academy (under Act 653, 2006), with faculties in Film, Theatre, Dance and a Traditional Performing Arts Centre. Through its theatre, dance and traditional-arts programmes — including movement and silat-related work — it feeds talent into physical and action performance.

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This directory is free, unranked and unsponsored — no organisation has paid to appear, and listing order means nothing. We link only to official websites and verified pages. Know an organisation that belongs here, or spot something out of date? We'd love to hear from you.

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