Albert Pyun - Career - 2000s

2000s

Pyun directed and produced Ticker Artisan Entertainment in May 2000, which featured Steven Seagal, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Jaime Pressly, Nas and Ice-T plus Chilli of the R&B group TLC. It was awarded the Video Software Dealers Association's 2002 Best Renting Direct-To-Video Title By An Independent Studio.

Pyun is also in post production on an upgrade of his original Nemesis and was inducted into B Movie Celebration's B Movie Hall of Fame in 2011.

In 2004 Pyun went to the US territory of Guam and, along with film producer John Laing, convinced the Guam government to put up an $800,000 loan guarantee to finance their film Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon. In his effort to convince Guam officials to approve the loan guarantee, Pyun told them that he and his producer (Laing) had a "sterling financial record" and that neither he nor John Laing had ever defaulted on a loan. In 2006 Laing defaulted on the loan, and Guam lost its guarantee. Laing blamed Pyun for the failure of the film. An out of court settlement was reached between John Laing and GEDA in May 2012 but as of October 2012 Laing has not honored the terms of that settlement. Pyun was not involved in any of the legal litigation between GEDA and Laing. GEDA Administrator Karl Pangelinan reports Liang has made a $75,000 payment on the balance of the settlement amount and the balance outstanding was $75,000. Pangelinan said he was confident that the last payment would be made in January 2013 http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28473:liang-makes-another-payment-to-geda-pangelinan-confident-final-payment-in-max-havoc-film-fiasco-will-be-made-by-january&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156

His 2005 film Infection was one uninterrupted shot from a surveillance camera mounted inside a police car. The title of the film was changed by Lions Gate Entertainment to Invasion so as not to be confused with an earlier Lions Gate release. Lions Gate also released Pyun's film Left for Dead.

Pyun received the Golden Unicorn Award in 2005 at the Estepona Film Festival for lifetime achievement.

In September 2008, Pyun began production on his long delayed Tales of an Ancient Empire. Shooting began on October 12, 2008. The film premiered at Louisville, Kentucky's Fright Night Film Fest. The film was released by Lions Gate Films on January 24, 2012 and stars Kevin Sorbo, Michael Pare', Melissa Ordway and Ralf Moeller.

Pyun's film, Bulletface, was released on January 26, 2010, and starred Victoria Maurette, Steven Bauer, Scott Paulin, Morgan Weisser, Assaf Cohen, Jenny Dare Paulin and Eddie Velez.

Pyun's latest film, Road to Hell was selected as the opening night film for the Yellow Fever Independent film festival in Belfast, UK. The film stars Michael Pare, Clare Kramer, Courtney Peldon, Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Roxy Gunn. The film won Best Picture at the Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival held in Belfast, UK on September 9, 2012 and was awarded 8 awards at the PollyGrind Film Festival, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Michael Pare') and Best Actress (Clare Kramer) and Pyun was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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