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Albert Pyun (born May 19, 1953) is an American 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, which often include cyborgs. Some of Pyun's better known films include The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyborg, and Nemesis. Pyun began making movies using his father's 8mm camera when he was ten years old in Honolulu, Hawaii. His first efforts revolved around "spy movies" escalating to 16mm action and surf films. With his fellow... MORE

Albert Pyun (born May 19, 1953) is an American 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, which often include cyborgs. Some of Pyun's better known films include The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyborg, and Nemesis. Pyun began making movies using his father's 8mm camera when he was ten years old in Honolulu, Hawaii. His first efforts revolved around "spy movies" escalating to 16mm action and surf films. With his fellow Kailua High School student, producer Tom Karnowski, the pair would end up making dozens of shorts together. While still in high school Pyun begin working as a free intern at production companies around Honolulu like Sensorium (Denny Kull) and Tip Davis Films based in Manoa, Hawaii. After graduating, Pyun was invited to intern in Japan by the Japanese actor, Toshiro Mifune, who had seen one of Pyun's short films at a film festival. Pyun worked in Japan as an assistant camera person under cinematographer and manga artist Takao Saito (Ran, Kagemusha, Sanjuro), and then returned in 1973 to work at the LESS