Albert Pyun, Cyborg and Nemesis director, dies

Albert Pyun, the director behind cult favorites like Cyborg, Nemesis and The Sword and the Sorcerer, has handed away. He was 69.

Pyun’s spouse, producer Cynthia Curnan, posted on her Fb, “Albert Pyun handed away Saturday, November 26, at 5:50 pm. I sat with him for his final breath that gave the impression of he was releasing the burden of the world.”

Pyun had been recognized with a number of sclerosis and his well being had been on the decline for a while. Earlier this month, Curnan posted, partially, the next as a name to all followers: “Albert took one other downturn. I may inform he feared taking place once more. He was working too feverishly. I requested ‘What’s the frenzy?’ He stated ‘If I cease, that’s it.’…Please write a message to him for me to learn. A private message from you to him will make him actually completely satisfied. They suppose he doesn’t have a lot time left.”

Albert Pyun’s prolific profession noticed him rising in that fateful 12 months of 1982 with The Sword and the Sorcerer and ended up churning out round 50 motion pictures in lower than 4 many years. The Hawaiian-born director was identified for his low-budget style flicks, with titles like Radioactive Desires and Alien from L.A. Pyun additionally proved a significant determine within the Kickboxer and Nemesis franchises, directing the primary 4 in that sequence, and later a crossover together with his personal Cyborg (1989). In accordance with IMDb, Albert Pyun was connected to additional installments Cyborg: Rise of the Flesheaters and The Kickboxer: Algiers. Key style studios Pyun labored beneath embody The Cannon Group and Full Moon Options.

And who may overlook the proto-Marvel Cinematic Universe model of Captain America, which was included in our Awfully Good sequence.

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