- Born
- Birth namePaul Nicholas Maslak
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Producer/Director/Writer. Paul Maslak graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS degree in Business Administration. While concurrently working for Disney as a project planner on EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland, he took a job as editor of INSIDE KUNG-FU magazine. In this latter capacity, he was invited to work as casting director on the martial arts film, "No Retreat, No Surrender," for which he helpled "discover" Jean-Claude Van Damme and Cynthia Rothrock. Afterwards, he pursued a two-track career for many years, working as a master scheduler and production control supervisor in corporate America by day, and free-lancing as a story analyst for HBO and Tri-Star Pictures by night. Eventually, he quit his corporate job, at first managing martial arts actors, but then taking jobs in hands-on film production. He worked his way up through the ranks of many low-budget films to become a full producer. In 1993, he formed a partnership to produce independent features, and in 1996, he began directing with the film "Sworn to Justice."- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Clear straightforward storylines, but often with a mystical or spiritual undercurrent.
- Likes to use genre conventions to misdirect audience expectations
- Stylized violence which champions the ethic of reasonable restraint
- 1997 Martial Arts Filmmaker's Award of Merit, Best Director, "Sworn to Justice."
- 1995 Joe Bob Brigg's Drive-In Academy Awards, Best Kung-Fu Flick, "Red Sun Rising."
- Currently producing "Just Sue Me" starring Tom Arnold, plus two untitled thrillers.
- Completing post-production on "The Right Temptation, " starring Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca DeMornay and Dana Delany, as well as preparing a new slate of film productions to begin principal photography in mid-2000.
- President and C.E.O. of Festival Pictures [us].
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