fight director

Fight directors coach performers to safely execute fight sequences. They direct fights for performances such as dance, movies and television, circus, variety, and others. Fight directors may have a background in sports such as fencing, shooting or boxing, martial arts such as judo, wushu or karate, or military training.

The most in-demand skills for this role include labour legislation, intellectual property law, performing arts fights legal regulations, supervise performers' fights, work ergonomically, communicate expectations of fight actions. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives fight director a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.