Dima Osmolovsky
- Stunts
- Special Effects
- Actor
DIMA WAS BORN IN 1965 IN KIEV, HIS MOTHER WAS A MD AND HIS FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER IN THE MILITARY INDUSTRY. FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE HE STARTED TRAINING IN ACROBATICS, AT THE AGE OF 13 HE HAD ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SKILL FOR HIS AGE GROUP AND WAS AWARDED THE TITLE "MASTER OF SPORTS", AT THE AGE OF 16 WON THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ACROBATICS.
AT THE SAME YEAR HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES AT THE KIEV UNIVERSITY OF FITNESS. AT 18 HE ENLISTED TO THE INTELLIGENCE CORPS IN THE MILITARY. AFTER FINISHING HIS SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 20, HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AND GRADUATED IN 1986. AT THAT PERIOD, THE WESTERN CULTURE STARTED TO SLOWLY SEEP IN TO THE USSR. HE DECIDED TO ENTER THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AFTER WATCHING "THE STUNTMAN" DIRECTED BY 'RICHARD RUSH', AT THE VERY SAME DAY DIMA SNEAKED IN TO THE "DAVJENKO STUDIOS" IN KIEV AND GOT A JOB WITH A LOCAL STUNTMAN GROUP IN HIS FIRST MOVIE " TALE ABOUT A LOUD DRUM".
IN 1988 AFTER COMPLETING ALMOST 40 MOVIES HE ATTENDED "STUNT COORDINATION" COURSE IN MOSCOW AND IN THAT YEAR HE BEGAN WORKING BOTH AS A STUNTMAN AND A STUNT COORDINATOR.
IN 1991 DIMA IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL WITH HIS WIFE AND SON WHERE HE IMMEDIATELY INTEGRATED IN THE LOCAL MOVIE INDUSTRY WHICH WAS RICH IN HOLLYWOOD ACTION MOVIES. AT THAT TIME HE MET AARON NORRIS WHICH WAS FILMING A MOVIE WITH HIS BROTHER CHUCK IN ISRAEL. THAT WAS HIS FIRST BIG JOB AS A STUNT COORDINATOR IN ISRAEL. IN 1994 HE BECAME THE LEAD STUNT COORDINATOR IN ISRAEL. IN 2000 HE BEGAN TEACHING STAGE MOVEMENT AND ACTION SCENE DIRECTION AT THE LEADING SCHOOLS OF ACTING AND CINEMA SUCH AS BEIT ZVI, NISSAN NATIV AND MINSHAR.
IN 2008, TOGETHER WITH HIS SON, HE OPENED STUNTMAN AND ACTING ACADEMY IN ISRAEL WHICH WAS FIRST OF HIS KIND - "STUNT ACADEMY".
IN 2012 HE VENTURED ANOTHER UNFAMILIAR AREA WHEN HE BECAME ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MOVIE "POOR COCAINE" DIRECTED BY ALEX OSMOLOVSKY.
CURRENTLY DIMA HAS WORKED ON 450 MOVIES, 80 TV SERIES, 100 PROMOS AND COMMERCIALS AND 25 OPERA AND THEATER SHOWS.