Behind every action film – be it a biopic on wing chun kung fu master Ip Man or a Hollywood sci-fi flick – there is someone who choreographs the fight sequences and coordinates the stunts. Los Angeles-based actor and martial artist Alfred Hsing has been one of these masterminds for more than a decade.
The 42-year-old worked as a member of the official Jackie Chan stunt team on the 2015 historical epic Dragon Blade and served as Jet Li’s assistant in 2010.
More recently, he performed stunts in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026) and was the action choreographer for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, a new film sequel to the fantasy-adventure Nickelodeon animated show that came out in July.
Hsing conceptualised the latter film’s action design, including choosing the weapons and abilities for Katara, Zuko and the other characters. After the artists finalised the scene boards, he choreographed the fight sequences and captured the moves on camera to provide a reference video for the animators.
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