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Wayne Witherspoon

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Producer
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Wayne Witherspoon is known for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Virtuosity (1995).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel, Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
    Avengers: Infinity War
    8.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Wayne B. Witherspoon)
    • 2018
    F. Murray Abraham in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
    Star Trek: Insurrection
    6.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1998
    Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
    Virtuosity
    5.5
    • Production Department
    • 1995
    Nope (2022)
    Nope
    6.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2022

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, and Barry Keoghan in Crime 101 (2026)
      Crime 101
      6.8
      • additional second assistant director: second unit - Los Angeles
      • 2026
    • I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story (2025)
      I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story
      5.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Damson Idris in Snowfall (2017)
      Snowfall
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • second second assistant director (uncredited)
      • 2017–2023
    • Nope (2022)
      Nope
      6.8
      • second second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Slow Pulse (2021)
      Slow Pulse
      7.8
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Joel Edgerton, William Jackson Harper, Aaron Pierre, and Thuso Mbedu in The Underground Railroad (2021)
      The Underground Railroad
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2021
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel, Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
      Avengers: Infinity War
      8.4
      • second second assistant director: second unit (as Wayne B. Witherspoon)
      • 2018
    • Navi in Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland (2017)
      Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Love by the 10th Date (2017)
      Love by the 10th Date
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • second second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Corey Hawkins in 24: Legacy (2016)
      24: Legacy
      6.3
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • 2016
    • Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013)
      Real Husbands of Hollywood
      7.7
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2016
    • Satanic (2016)
      Satanic
      3.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • The Leisure Class (2015)
      The Leisure Class
      3.9
      TV Movie
      • second second assistant director
      • 2015
    • Lorraine Toussaint, Aisha Hinds, and Thomas Q. Jones in Runaway Island (2015)
      Runaway Island
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Larenz Tate and Sharon Leal in White Water (2015)
      White Water
      7.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2015

    Production Department

    • Rolonda Watts, Drew Sidora, Caryn Ward, BeBe Winans, Chloe Elise Ellis, Columbus Short, Brely Evans, and Bryce Xavier in Mind Your Business (2024)
      Mind Your Business
      7.3
      TV Series
      • production consultant
      • 2025
    • Letters from a Killer (1998)
      Letters from a Killer
      5.4
      • key set production assistant
      • 1998
    • Matt Stone and Trey Parker in BASEketball (1998)
      BASEketball
      6.5
      • production assistant (as Wayne B. Witherspoon)
      • 1998
    • Seth Green, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Charlie Korsmo, Peter Facinelli, Lauren Ambrose, and Ethan Embry in Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
      Can't Hardly Wait
      6.5
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • A Smile Like Yours (1997)
      A Smile Like Yours
      4.8
      • production assistant
      • 1997
    • Dan Hedaya, Beau Bridges, Denis Leary, and Phil Hartman in The Second Civil War (1997)
      The Second Civil War
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • set production assistant
      • 1997
    • Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996)
      The Nutty Professor
      5.7
      • set production assistant
      • 1996
    • Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, and Tom Everett Scott in That Thing You Do! (1996)
      That Thing You Do!
      7.0
      • set production assistant
      • 1996
    • Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
      Devil in a Blue Dress
      6.8
      • production assistant
      • 1995
    • Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
      Virtuosity
      5.5
      • production assistant
      • 1995
    • Congo (1995)
      Congo
      5.4
      • set production assistant
      • 1995
    • The O.J. Simpson Story (1995)
      The O.J. Simpson Story
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 1995
    • Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
      Beverly Hills Cop III
      5.5
      • production assistant
      • 1994
    • Heat Wave (1990)
      Heat Wave
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 1990

    Producer

    • Tim McKiernan in Noteworthy (2023)
      Noteworthy
      Short
      • supervising producer
      • 2023
    • Kat Smith in Never Alone for Christmas (2023)
      Never Alone for Christmas
      7.1
      • co-executive producer
      • 2023
    • Slow Pulse (2021)
      Slow Pulse
      7.8
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2021
    • Padlock Men (2017)
      Padlock Men
      7.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Night Shift (2017)
      Night Shift
      7.5
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2017
    • Platinum Drop
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Buds (2012)
      Buds
      8.9
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • The Money Shot (2012)
      The Money Shot
      8.1
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Fragged (2010)
      Fragged
      6.5
      TV Short
      • co-producer
      • 2010
    • J.P. Davis in Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)
      Fighting Tommy Riley
      6.5
      • co-producer
      • 2004

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Wayne B. Witherspoon

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      • Spoon

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