Manny Siverio
- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Manny Siverio is a New York based Latino Stunt Coordinator, Stuntman,
2nd Unit Director, Actor & Writer who has been involved in the film
business for roughly 25 years. The eldest child of Efrain Siverio and
Gladys Quintana. He was born April 23, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York and raised
in Hatillo/Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Manny moved back to NY in 1980 where
he began working as a health club and martial art instructor. His
martial art background is the universal element which ties together all
the components to his diversified career of stunt coordinating, stunt
work, writing, 2nd unit directing, acting and mambo dancing. He began
his martial art training in 1970 at the age of 10. Over the years he
has accumulated a martial art background in Tae Kwon-Do, Boxing,
Kick-Boxing, Kali, Grappling and Wing Chun. He has used his martial
arts training in physical fitness, bouncing, writing, film work and
dancing. He started his MCIA School of Fighting in Hatillo, Puerto Rico
in the late 70s and moved it to New York City until the mid to later
80s.
He is one of the few Latinos to simultaneously belong to SAG (Screen
Actors Guild), DGA (Directors Guild of America) and AFTRA (American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists). He was honored by both SAG
& the EEOC during their 1997 Latino Recognition Night for his
accomplishments; and has been featured in such publications as Cristina
Magazine, Hispanic Magazine and The San Juan Star Newspaper. He has
been featured on several television programs like Univision's
"Despierta America" (Hispanic version of Good Morning America) and
Latination. His standing in the industry has kept him busy working in
NYC and traveling around the nation and Puerto Rico, performing,
coordinating and directing stunts.
Manny worked as a health club physical fitness instructor at the Jack
La Lanne Clubs and as a Service Supervisor for the NY Vertical Health
Club in the 1980's. He also started a successful One-On-One Martial Art
Training business, became a freelance writer for the martial art
magazines, author two martial art training books and a 7 tape video
series on martial art training. It was this diversified background that
helped him launch his film career. To this day, he has even been able
to incorporate his martial art background into his mambo (salsa)
dancing. Though not limited to fighting, he is highly respected in the
NYC area for his fight work as both a stunt coordinator and as a
stuntman. In the past, his has been hired to help prepare such actors
as Michael DeLorenzo, Wesley Snipes, Grant Show, Matt Dillon, Robert
Townsend and Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight) for film fight sequences.
His fight choreography has been sought after by HBO (Undefeated with
John Leguizamo), Showtime (Paradise TV Pilot with Kirk Acevedo) and by
Fox TV (Boxing Coordinator for Jonny Zero TV series).
Manny Siverio started writing freelance articles for martial art
magazines at 18 and has continued writing ever since. During his late
teens to his mid-twenties he contributed to every major martial art
magazine in the U.S. including Black Belt Magazine, Karate Illustrated
Magazine, Inside Kug-Fu Magazine, Inside Karate Magazine and was a
columnist for Combat Karate Magazine. During his tenure as a martial
arts writer he authored two books for Rainbow Publications (High
Intensity Martial Art Training For The Martial Artist and The Complete
Guide To Focus Glove Training). He later authored and starred in a 7
tape instructional martial art video series which was produced by
Panther Productions. His writing interests shifted as he became more
involved in the film industry and has written several screenplays to
date. He got into the WGA (Writers Guild of America) when he sold an
idea to Paramount Pictures for an episode idea of Star Trek: The Next
Generation.
Manny Siverio started learning how to dance the New York "On 2" Style
of Mambo (Salsa) dancing in 1995. His first dance instructors were
Addie Diaz (who later became his wife) and Nelson Flores. He later
moved on to a more advanced level and took lessons at both the Eddie
Torres and Jimmy Anton's Dance Studios. Manny eventually became a
member of the Eddie Torres "Jammers" where he developed the experience
that has made him the dancer he is today. He was exposed to performing
on several prestigious stages as a dancer for artist such as Tito
Puente and Celia Cruz. He was an original cast member to the first
Off-Broadway Mambo Musical: "Latin Madness", has performed at the 3rd
Annual Congreso Mundial de La Salsa in Puerto Rico, the 1st Annual
Congreso Mundial de la Salsa in New York and the 3rd Annual West Coast
Salsa Congress in Los Angeles (to name a few). Manny was the first to
successfully combined his martial art & stunt background with mambo
dancing. He began working with the "Latin Dance Ensemble" where he took
part in choreographing a martial arts style Mambo number (Mam-Fu in
1999) and since then has choreographed a Knifefighting mambo number
(Hustler late 2000) for the Addie-Tude Dance Company. He has traveled
to perform in such places at Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Puerto
Rico, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, London and Paris.
2nd Unit Director, Actor & Writer who has been involved in the film
business for roughly 25 years. The eldest child of Efrain Siverio and
Gladys Quintana. He was born April 23, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York and raised
in Hatillo/Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Manny moved back to NY in 1980 where
he began working as a health club and martial art instructor. His
martial art background is the universal element which ties together all
the components to his diversified career of stunt coordinating, stunt
work, writing, 2nd unit directing, acting and mambo dancing. He began
his martial art training in 1970 at the age of 10. Over the years he
has accumulated a martial art background in Tae Kwon-Do, Boxing,
Kick-Boxing, Kali, Grappling and Wing Chun. He has used his martial
arts training in physical fitness, bouncing, writing, film work and
dancing. He started his MCIA School of Fighting in Hatillo, Puerto Rico
in the late 70s and moved it to New York City until the mid to later
80s.
He is one of the few Latinos to simultaneously belong to SAG (Screen
Actors Guild), DGA (Directors Guild of America) and AFTRA (American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists). He was honored by both SAG
& the EEOC during their 1997 Latino Recognition Night for his
accomplishments; and has been featured in such publications as Cristina
Magazine, Hispanic Magazine and The San Juan Star Newspaper. He has
been featured on several television programs like Univision's
"Despierta America" (Hispanic version of Good Morning America) and
Latination. His standing in the industry has kept him busy working in
NYC and traveling around the nation and Puerto Rico, performing,
coordinating and directing stunts.
Manny worked as a health club physical fitness instructor at the Jack
La Lanne Clubs and as a Service Supervisor for the NY Vertical Health
Club in the 1980's. He also started a successful One-On-One Martial Art
Training business, became a freelance writer for the martial art
magazines, author two martial art training books and a 7 tape video
series on martial art training. It was this diversified background that
helped him launch his film career. To this day, he has even been able
to incorporate his martial art background into his mambo (salsa)
dancing. Though not limited to fighting, he is highly respected in the
NYC area for his fight work as both a stunt coordinator and as a
stuntman. In the past, his has been hired to help prepare such actors
as Michael DeLorenzo, Wesley Snipes, Grant Show, Matt Dillon, Robert
Townsend and Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight) for film fight sequences.
His fight choreography has been sought after by HBO (Undefeated with
John Leguizamo), Showtime (Paradise TV Pilot with Kirk Acevedo) and by
Fox TV (Boxing Coordinator for Jonny Zero TV series).
Manny Siverio started writing freelance articles for martial art
magazines at 18 and has continued writing ever since. During his late
teens to his mid-twenties he contributed to every major martial art
magazine in the U.S. including Black Belt Magazine, Karate Illustrated
Magazine, Inside Kug-Fu Magazine, Inside Karate Magazine and was a
columnist for Combat Karate Magazine. During his tenure as a martial
arts writer he authored two books for Rainbow Publications (High
Intensity Martial Art Training For The Martial Artist and The Complete
Guide To Focus Glove Training). He later authored and starred in a 7
tape instructional martial art video series which was produced by
Panther Productions. His writing interests shifted as he became more
involved in the film industry and has written several screenplays to
date. He got into the WGA (Writers Guild of America) when he sold an
idea to Paramount Pictures for an episode idea of Star Trek: The Next
Generation.
Manny Siverio started learning how to dance the New York "On 2" Style
of Mambo (Salsa) dancing in 1995. His first dance instructors were
Addie Diaz (who later became his wife) and Nelson Flores. He later
moved on to a more advanced level and took lessons at both the Eddie
Torres and Jimmy Anton's Dance Studios. Manny eventually became a
member of the Eddie Torres "Jammers" where he developed the experience
that has made him the dancer he is today. He was exposed to performing
on several prestigious stages as a dancer for artist such as Tito
Puente and Celia Cruz. He was an original cast member to the first
Off-Broadway Mambo Musical: "Latin Madness", has performed at the 3rd
Annual Congreso Mundial de La Salsa in Puerto Rico, the 1st Annual
Congreso Mundial de la Salsa in New York and the 3rd Annual West Coast
Salsa Congress in Los Angeles (to name a few). Manny was the first to
successfully combined his martial art & stunt background with mambo
dancing. He began working with the "Latin Dance Ensemble" where he took
part in choreographing a martial arts style Mambo number (Mam-Fu in
1999) and since then has choreographed a Knifefighting mambo number
(Hustler late 2000) for the Addie-Tude Dance Company. He has traveled
to perform in such places at Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Puerto
Rico, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, London and Paris.