Filmmaker Pyun,69, dies

Albert Pyun, a genre filmmaker known for cult classics such as “the Sword and the Sorcerer” and “Cyborg,” has died. He was 69. No cause of death was given.

In1982, Pyun made his feature directorial debut with “the Sword and the Sorcerer,” which became the highest-grossing independent film of the year in the United States, according to the biography on his website. Other standout Pyun films include “Cyborg,” “Radioactive Dreams,” “Dangerously Close,” “Vicious Lips,” “Down Twisted,” “Alien from L.A.,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” “Deceit,” the “Nemesis” series and 1990’s “Captain America.”