Biography

Paul Maslak

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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."
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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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