Peter Hassall

Stunt performer, fight choreographer, freelance researcher and writer

Stunt Guild of New Zealand

Participates in 5 items

Peter Hassall has worked in the areas of film, TV, theatre and live shows as a stuntperson, stunt coordinator and fight choreographer for 40 years. Peter's most recent credits are the big budget feature film Mortal Engines and the low budget feature Blind Panic. Live shows have included working for KISS, Adrian Paul and Patricia Tallman. Peter has been set on fire 50 times and has run 75 workshops in stage combat. Peter also is a part-time non-fiction freelance writer. Peter's articles have been published in newspapers and also magazines like Fortean Times and Metro. Books are The NZ Files and A Colorful History of Popular Delusions (with Robert Bartholomew). Peter identifies as gender fluid/gender nonconforming.

Sessions in which Peter Hassall participates

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

21:00

Imagining Fae in Aotearoa and elsewhere 50 minutes, 21:00 NZST - 21:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Hester J. Rook (Moderator)

Rem Wigmore (Panelist)

Jodi McAlister (Panelist)

Peter Hassall, Stunt Guild of New Zealand (Panelist)

AJ Lancaster (Panelist)

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

14:00

Stunts in SF Films and TV Shows 50 minutes, 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Presentation

Peter Hassall, Stunt Guild of New Zealand (Presenter)

18:00

History of SF Fandom in New Zealand 50 minutes, 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Simon Litten (Panelist)

Nigel Rowe, Feeding America, Inc. (Panelist)

Norman Cates, CoNZealand (Moderator)

Peter Hassall, Stunt Guild of New Zealand (Panelist)

Dylan Horrocks, Victoria University of Wellington (Panelist)

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

17:00

From Peter Jackson to Taika Waititi : New Zealand Originated Genre Films and TV Series 50 minutes, 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panel

Caemasache McKenna, Full Sail University (Panelist)

Matthew S. Rotundo (Moderator)

Catherine Lundoff, Queen of Swords Press (Panelist)

Peter Hassall, Stunt Guild of New Zealand (Panelist)

Sam Blackley, freelance (Panelist)

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

20:00

SF Movies that Look Great but Are Awful! 50 minutes, 20:00 NZST - 20:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Peter Hassall, Stunt Guild of New Zealand (Moderator)

Matthew Pavletich (Panelist)

Jeremy Szal (Panelist)

Sessions in which Peter Hassall attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

15:00

Epidemics and Plagues in the Real World and in Fiction 50 minutes, 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Andy Dudak (Panelist)

Mason A. Porter, University of California (Moderator)

Perrianne Lurie (Panelist)

Freya Marske (Panelist)

Prema Arasu, University of Western Australia (Panelist)

16:00

The Evolution of Fanzines 50 minutes, 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Chris Garcia, Team Journey Planet (Panelist)

Wendy Browne, Women Write About Comics (Panelist)

Greg Hills, . (Panelist)

Cora Buhlert (Moderator)

Jeanne Mealy (Panelist)

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

9:00

Come Time Travel with Me - 1965 50 minutes, 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panel

Lorelei Marcus, Galactic Journey (Panelist)

Gideon Marcus, Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) (Master of ceremonies)

Cora Buhlert (Panelist)

Erica Frank, Galactic Journey (Panelist)

Janice Marcus, Galactic Journey, Journey Press (Panelist)

10:00

How to Rock Self Publishing 1 hour 50 minutes, 10:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST , Signup required

Programming - Workshops

Workshop

Steff Green (Instructor)

12:00

Action Scenes Without Black Belts 50 minutes, 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST , Signup required

Programming - Workshops

Workshop

Sean McMullen (Instructor)

14:00

SFFANZ - General Meeting 1 hour 50 minutes, 14:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)

NZ Natcon

John Toon (Moderator)

Norman Cates, CoNZealand (Panelist)

Lynelle Howell, CoNZealand (Panelist)

16:00

The Golden Age of SF Movies: SF Films of the 1950s and Early 1960 50 minutes, 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panel

Natalie Devitt, Galactic Journey blog (Panelist)

Bradford Lyau (Panelist)

Mallory O'Meara (Moderator)

Ion Newcombe, AntipodeanSF (Panelist)

Shaun Duke, Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show (Panelist)

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

10:00

LGBTQIA Themes in Books, Comics, and Movies/TV 50 minutes, 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Ira Alexandre, Lady Business (Panelist)

Prema Arasu, University of Western Australia (Panelist)

Karen Bovenmyer, PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine (Moderator)

Jason Wodicka (Panelist)

Charles Payseur (Panelist)

11:00

Masquerade 50 minutes, 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST

Events - Events Room

Event

The Second Golden Age: SF of the 1960s 50 minutes, 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Bradford Lyau (Moderator)

Robert Silverberg (Panelist)

Cora Buhlert (Panelist)

Jack Dann (Panelist)

Kathryn Sullivan (Panelist)

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

14:00

Fandom in the 1970s 50 minutes, 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Raewyn Nevin (Moderator)

Mark Loney, The Space Wastrel (Panelist)

Gay Haldeman (Panelist)

Scott Edelman (Panelist)