Albert Pyun
American film director (1953–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert Pyun (May 19, 1953 – November 26, 2022) was an American film director who made low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films.
Albert Pyun | |
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Born | (1953-05-19)May 19, 1953 Territory of Hawaii, U.S. |
Died | November 26, 2022(2022-11-26) (aged 69) |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1970–2018 |
The Independent Film Channel said that Pyun "has carved out a unique niche as a director of low-budget, high-concept genre films starring actors past their prime", adding that "others believe this a charitable description for Pyun, who has also been derided as the new Ed Wood."[1]
Though his films frequently blended kickboxing and hybrid martial arts with science fiction and dystopic or post-apocalyptic themes, which often include cyborgs, Pyun stated in a 2012 interview that "I have really no interest in cyborgs. And I've never really had any interest in post-apocalyptic stories or settings. It just seemed that those situations presented a way for me to make movies with very little money, and to explore ideas that I really wanted to explore — even if they were [controversial]."[2]
Pyun's films include The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyborg, Captain America, and Nemesis.[2]