Jeff Imada was born and raised in Inglewood, California, USA, where he began studying martial arts at the age of fifteen. At El Camino College and UCLA, he majored in pre-med and minored in music. While in college, he started working as a movie "extra," which led to his becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Stunts Unlimited and the Directors Guild of America. Jeff Imada also had been technical advisor on numerous films, including Sacré sale gosse (1991), Tango & Cash (1989), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Dreamscape (1984), and Les rues de feu (1984), and such television series as Magnum (1980), Les enquêtes de Remington Steele (1982), Dynastie (1981), Matt Houston (1982), Supercopter (1984), Stingray (1985), Pour l'amour du risque (1979) and Jake Cutter (1982).
