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Where a fight director can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fight director already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as fight choreographer, stage fight instructor, stage fight coordinator, martial arts fight director, fight coach, historical combat instructor, stage combat coordinator, fight arranger, stage combat instructor, fight coordinator, sword fight director.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: event electrician, 31%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
event electrician 31% covered tent installer 25% covered choreographer 24% covered dance répétiteur 23% covered artistic coach 21% covered fight director You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from fight director, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a fight director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A fight director needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • adjust the work to the venue communication, collaboration and creativity
  • coach performers in your fight discipline communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define an approach to your fight dicipline communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure the longevity of the fight actions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform risk assessment for fight actions information skills
  • performing arts fights legal regulations business, administration and law
  • supervise performers' fights management skills
  • adapt fighting techniques for performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate expectations of fight actions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create new fight sequences communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fight director does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Fight director is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a fight director’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.