John Wick director Chad Stahelski explains why the Academy is finally creating an Oscars category for stunts — and his lingering questions about it. Photo: Murray Close/Lionsgate/Everett Collection Before Chad Stahelski evolved into America’s foremost gun-fu filmmaker — the director/producer-primary creative force behind the billion-dollar-grossing John Wick franchise — he was a journeyman action coordinator and stunt performer: enacting and organizing mayhem on the Matrix trilogy, X-Men