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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.
Oct 6, 2008 · Albert Pyun has been working steadily as a director since his 1982 debut, The Sword and the Sorcerer. He’s got over forty credits under his belt, and has worked with actors such as Dennis Hopper, Charlie Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Natasha Henstridge and Teri Hatcher.
Albert Pyun was an award-winning US filmmaker best known for his contributions to the science-fiction and action genres. He is credited with pioneering the cyborg sub-genre and is considered to be a maverick and renegade in independent genre cinema.
- May 19, 1953
- November 26, 2022
- Pyun shopped the film around Hollywood for a few years with a pitch that eventually included heavy props and storyboards in the hopes of convincing a studio to fund the movie.
- The opening sequence was filmed at Bronson Caves in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park (and the rest of the movie was also filmed in and around LA). Numerous films have shot there including The Searchers and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- The crypt of souls, and its wall in particular, was designed by the Chiodo Brothers, and remains a classic element from The Sword and the Sorcerer that went on to fuel both dreams and nightmares for many of us who saw the film as kids.
- Richard Moll plays the undead wizard who’s resurrected, but the contact lenses he’s wearing reacted poorly to the muck he rises out of, and they ended up fusing to his eyes.
Nov 29, 2022 · Albert Pyun was a director known for his low budget direct to video cult films including “The Sword and the Sorcerer” and “Cyborg.” Died: Saturday, November 26, 2022.
Nov 27, 2022 · He worked hard his entire life. I really enjoyed working with him on Knights.” According to Curnan, Pyun directed at least two movies he could not finish and had hoped to adapt into...
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Albert Pyun was an award-winning US filmmaker best known for his contributions to the science-fiction and action genres. He is credited with pioneering the cyborg sub-genre and is considered to be a maverick and renegade in independent genre cinema.
