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Albert Pyun（1954-） is a Hawaiian-born film director best known for having made many low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films. He frequently blends kickboxing and hybrid martial arts with science fiction and dystopic or post-apocalyptic themes, frequently including cyborgs.

Having trained under the legendary Akira Kurosawa, he has been acknowledged for squeezing dramatic cinematography into otherwise low budget productions. His most successful works include The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Cyborg (1989), and Nemesis (1993). Radioactive Dreams (1985) won the Golden Raven at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film. A few of his films have gained cult followings.

Pyun founded the Filmwerks production company in 1994.

His 2005 film Infection used unconventional camera work and cinematography: 68 minutes in length, it is one single uninterrupted sequence shot from a surveillance camera position mounted inside a police car. It was shot in high-definition digital video and captured directly to a hard disk drive.

Partial filmography

• Cool Air (2006) (V) (post-production) [Director]
• Infection (2005) [Director]
• Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) [Director]
• Final Examination (2003) (V) [Producer]
• More Mercy (2003) (V) [Director] (uncredited) [Producer]
• Ticker (2001) [Director] [Producer]
• Corrupt (1999) [Director]
• Urban Menace (1999) [Director]
• The Wrecking Crew (1999) [Director]
• Postmortem (1998/I) [Director]
• Crazy Six (1998) [Director]
• Mean Guns (1997) [Director]
• Omega Doom (1997) [Director] [Writer]
• Blast (1997) [Director]
• Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996) [Director] [Writer]
• Raven Hawk (1996) (TV) [Director]
• Nemesis 4: Death Angel (1995) (V) [Director] [Writer]
• Nemesis III: Prey Harder (1995) (V) [Director] [Writer]
• Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) (V) [Director] [Writer]
• Heatseeker (1995) [Director] [Writer] (screenplay)
• Hong Kong 97 (1994) [Director]
• Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) [Director] [Writer]
• Spitfire (1994) [Director] [Writer]
• Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993) (V) [Director] [Writer]
• Knights (1993) [Director] [Writer] (written by)
• Arcade (1993) (V) [Director]
• Nemesis (1993) [Director]
• Dollman (1991) [Director]
• Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) [Director]
• Captain America (1991) [Director]
• Bloodmatch (1991) [Director]
• Cyborg (1989) [Director]
• Deceit (1989) [Director]
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989) [Director]
• Alien from L.A. (1988) [Director] [Writer]
• Down Twisted (1987) [Director]
• Vicious Lips (1987) [Director] [Writer]
• Dangerously Close (1986) [Director]
• Radioactive Dreams (1985) [Director] [Writer]
• The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) [Director] [Writer]

References

External links

• Filmwerks

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