Biography
Albert Pyun (1953–2022) was an American film director and screenwriter. His first feature, The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), which he directed and co-wrote, was released theatrically and became the highest-grossing independent film of the year in the United States.
Pyun went on to direct more than fifty films, many of them low-budget action and science-fiction pictures released direct to video. His other credits include Cyborg (1989), Captain America (1990), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), Nemesis (1992) and Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994). He was born in Hawaii and died in Las Vegas.
