FILM DIRECTOR

Albert Pyun

1953 - 2022

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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. 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." 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Pyun has received more than 508,073 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Pyun is the 1,407th most popular film director (down from 1,400th in 2019), the 9,675th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,308th in 2019) and the 374th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 3.28

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  • 2.90

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Albert Pyun ranks 1,407 out of 2,041. Before him are Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Paul Bartel, Ole Bornedal, Alan Rudolph, Kirill Serebrennikov, and Haskell Wexler. After him are Peter Chan, Sally Menke, Roger Allers, Bruno Delbonnel, Arne Skouen, and Basil Dearden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Albert Pyun ranks 462. Before him are Álex Angulo, Valerie Mahaffey, Jürgen Kurths, Franco Selvaggi, Aleksandr Poleshchuk, and Pedro López Quintana. After him are Andy Hertzfeld, Desiré Wilson, Sally Menke, Ricky Steamboat, Reneta Indzhova, and Paco Herrera. Among people deceased in 2022, Albert Pyun ranks 517. Before him are Anita Gradin, Gail Halvorsen, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jeroen Brouwers, D. H. Peligro, and Oleg Mityaev. After him are Ingemar Erlandsson, Oleksandr Sydorenko, Leszek Engelking, Enrique Rodríguez, Neal Adams, and Robert Morse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albert Pyun ranks 9,675 out of 20,380. Before him are Ed King (1949), Jimmy Van Heusen (1913), Albert Ammons (1907), Patsy Ruth Miller (1904), Jimmie Vaughan (1951), and Kathy Hochul (1958). After him are George Montgomery (1916), Barbara Ferrell (1947), Tim Howard (1979), Steve Russell (1937), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), and Ryan Dunn (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Albert Pyun ranks 374. Before him are Ken Burns (1953), Michael Hoffman (1956), Terry Zwigoff (1949), Paul Bartel (1938), Alan Rudolph (1943), and Haskell Wexler (1922). After him are Sally Menke (1953), Roger Allers (1949), Joe Roth (1948), Michael Ritchie (1938), Victor Schertzinger (1888), and Melvin Frank (1913).

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Filmography

Cyborg
Director
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Apr 7o 19895.676 / 10
Captain America
Director
During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.
Dec 14o 19904.5 / 10
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Director
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.
Jan 30o 19915.458 / 10