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Minnesota-born Tim Weske has collaborated with numerous celebrities, including Sir Ben Kingsley, Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Sandra Oh, Jeremy Piven, Anne Hathaway, Martin Short, Fred Savage, and Kevin Garnett, throughout his more than twenty years as Hollywood's premier sword choreographer. You can view Weske's reel and full resume at TimWeske.com. He has trained thousands of actors and choreographed hundreds of sword fights and fencing scenes for film and television, in addition to coordinating thousands of staged moments of violence for theater. Weske continues the legacy of cinema’s finest sword masters—Fred Cavens, Ralph Faulkner, Bob Anderson, and Bill Hobbs—both as a teacher and as an Olympic fencing competitor. With a lifelong dedication to swordplay and the skill to adapt precise fencing movements for the screen, he effectively communicates the language of the sword and movement to actors and fight performers, achieving spectacular on-screen performances. Over the years, Weske has developed a system for cinematic swordplay that enables quick, safe filming, saving production time and money while delivering outstanding, entertaining results. Since 1992, Weske has owned and operated Swordplay, his private training facility located in Burbank and Reseda, California, and has consistently worked as a Hollywood swordmaster since its inception. Swordplay, combined with Weske’s extensive sports background, keeps him deeply engaged in the study of weapons, human movement, and the creative process behind memorable fight sequences.
Weske believes that a sword fight represents a pivotal moment in a character’s life that has escalated into violence. Such sequences should advance the story with creativity, safety, and excitement, rather than focusing solely on the sword itself.
