Nick Satriano Nick Satriano is an assistant director who worked as First Assistant Director on the sequel , starting in the last week of and replacing the previous choice Kim H . Winther . Born in Lake Wales , Florida , Satriano attended the University of California in Santa Barbara between 1989 and 1992 . He has been married to stuntwoman Jimena Ferrante since January 2007 . The couple has two children . His sister is assistant director and producer Lisa C . Satriano . During his early years in Hollywood , Satriano worked as production assistant on the western comedy " Lightning Jack " ( 1994 , with Kamala Lopez , Richard Riehle , Roy Brocksmith , and Karen Austin ) , performed stunts in the thriller " Persons Unknown " ( 1996 , with Brian J . Williams and stunt coordinated by Terry James and Debby Lynn Ross ) , and appeared as a featured actor in the sport drama " The Babe " ( 1992 , with James Cromwell , Bernard Kates , Michael McGrady , Danny Goldring , Michael Papajohn , Larry Cedar , Michael Krawic , Scott Haven , and Kara Zediker ) , the adventure " Operation Dumbo Drop " ( 1995 , with Tim Kelleher ) , the drama " The Setting Son " ( 1997 , with Beau Billingslea and Darin Cooper ) , and the independent production " Infidelity / Hard Fall " ( 1997 , with Patti Tippo ) . Satriano first worked as second second assistant director on films such as the thriller " The Demolitionist " ( 1995 ) , the adventure " Operation Dumbo Drop " ( 1995 ) , the drama " The Postman " ( 1997 ) , and the science fiction film " Armageddon " ( 1998 , second unit direction and produced by Kenny Bates ) . As second assistant director , Satriano worked on the television series " The Secret World of Alex Mack " ( 1996 ) , the action sequel " Speed 2 : Cruise Control " ( 1997 ) , the romance " Message in a Bottle " ( 1999 ) , the comic adaptation " Inspector Gadget " ( 1999 , executive produced by Ralph Winter ) , and the television drama " Miracle in Lane 2 " ( 2000 ) for which he won the DGA Award in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children ' s Programs in 2001 . Further credits as second assistant director include the action thriller " Gone in Sixty Seconds " ( 2000 , with assistant director Tommy Harper ) , the thriller " Swordfish " ( 2001 ) , the comic adaptation " Spider - Man " ( 2002 , starring Kirsten Dunst , executive produced by Stan Lee , and second unit action direction by Max Kleven ) , the action film " Cradle 2 the Grave " ( 2003 , starring Gabrielle Union and with assistant director Tommy Harper ) , the crime comedy " Malibu ' s Most Wanted " ( 2003 ) , the comedy sequel " Legally Blonde 2 : Red , White & Blonde " ( 2003 ) , the drama " Sideways " ( 2004 , starring Virginia Madsen ) , and the action comedy " Mr . & Mrs . Smith " ( 2005 , second unit direction by Mic Rodgers ) . Satriano was the second unit first assistant director on the action drama " Flight of the Phoenix " ( 2004 , second unit direction by Jimmy N . Roberts ) , the fantasy comedy " Sky High " ( 2005 ) , the action comedy " The Dukes of Hazzard " ( 2005 , executive produced by Dana Goldberg ) , the sport drama " Stick It " ( 2006 ) , the sequel " Spider - Man 3 " ( 2007 ) , the action sequel " Pineapple Express " ( 2008 ) , the action comedy " Tropic Thunder " ( 2008 ) , the remake " Race to Witch Mountain " ( 2009 , starring Dwayne Johnson and second second assistant direction by Ian Calip ) , the thriller " Angels & Demons " ( 2009 ) , and the fantasy adventure " Percy Jackson & the Olympians : The Lightning Thief " ( 2010 ) . He also worked as first assistant director on the television series " Prison Break " ( 2005 - 2006 ) , " The Lost Room " ( 2006 , starring Dennis Christopher and April Grace and second unit direction by Craig Baxley , Jr . ) , and " Monk " ( 2008 ) . As first assistant director on feature films , Satriano was credited on the drama " Knucklehead " ( 2010 , starring Paul Wight and Saul Rubinek ) , the action comedy " The Chaperone " ( 2011 ) , the drama " That ' s What I am " ( 2011 ) , the crime drama " Inside Out " ( 2011 ) , the comedy " Bending the Rules " ( 2012 ) , the action sequels " The Expendables 2 " ( 2012 ) and " The Expendables 3 " ( 2014 ) , the thriller " Killing Season " ( 2013 ) , the action thriller " Escape Plan " ( 2013 , with Faran Tahir ) , the drama " Captain Phillips " ( 2013 ) , and the drama " Reach Me " ( 2014 , with Kelsey Grammer ) . Most recent credits as second unit first assistant director include the comic adaptations " The Avengers " ( 2012 , with Chris Hemsworth ) , " Captain America : The Winter Soldier " ( 2014 ) , and " Ant - Man " ( 2015 ) , the science fiction film " Insurgent " ( 2015 ) , the action sequel " Furious 7 " ( 2015 , starring Dwayne Johnson and second unit direction by Joel Kramer and Spiro Razatos ) , the thriller " San Andreas " ( 2015 , starring Dwayne Johnson ) , and the crime drama " Triple Nine " ( 2015 , with Clifton Collins , Jr . ) .