Albert Pyun, director of The Sword and the Sorcerer and the 1990 CaptainAmerica movie, is in his final days, and his wife is asking fans to reach out with messages of support on Facebook
Albert Pyun, the filmmaker behind The Sword and the Sorcerer and the Nemesis franchise, is in poor health, and according to his wife, the Hawaiian-born filmmaker would love to hear from fans of his work as he nears the end of his life. Pyun, who also directed the 1990 Captain America movie starring Matt Salinger, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis several years ago, was admitted to hospice care on November 8.
Pyun was born in 1953 in Hawaii, and got his start early. In high school, he met Japanese film star Toshiro Mifune, and was invited to Japan to do an internship. The Sword and the Sorcerer also netted a Saturn Award for Richard Lynch , and put Pyun in contention to direct bigger projects. Throughout the '80s, he would flirt with mainstream success, following up schlocky genre films with more broadly appealing films like 1986's Dangerously Close and 1987's Down Twisted. Among the genre titles that stick out are Alien From L.A., which appeared on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Cyborg, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Throughout the '90s, Pyun continued to work on low-budget genre and exploitation films, few of which drew rave reviews, but all of which turned a nice profit. Along the way, he collaborated with actors like Teri Hatcher, Andrew Dice Clay, Charlie Sheen, Rob Lowe, and Burt Reynolds. He directed Kickboxer 2 from a script by David Goyer, and directed James Coburn in The Fifth Corner, an NBC TV show.
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