Albert Pyun

Albert Pyun
Born(1953-05-19)May 19, 1953
Territory of Hawaii, U.S.
DiedNovember 26, 2022(2022-11-26) (aged 69)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
OccupationFilm director
Years active1970–2018

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.

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]

  1. ^ Saito, Stephen (June 22, 2010). "Albert Pyun's 'Tales' Stand Tall". IFC. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Anders, Charlie Jane (December 6, 2012). "Incredibly Strange and Ridiculously Cheap: Albert Pyun's 30-Year Career in B-Movies". io9. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2013.