A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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."
Associate Producer:
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
Casting:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
Casting Director:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
Co-Producer:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
Director:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1996 Sworn to Justice
Fight Choreographer:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1996 Sworn to Justice
Martial Arts Choreographer:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1991 Ring of Fire
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1996 Sworn to Justice
Producer:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1991 Ring of Fire
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1994 Red Sun Rising
1996 Sworn to Justice
1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye
2000 Just Sue Me
2000 Primary Suspect
2000 The Right Temptation
Second Unit Director:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1991 Ring of Fire
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1994 Red Sun Rising
1996 Sworn to Justice
1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye
2000 Just Sue Me
2000 Primary Suspect
2000 The Right Temptation
Story:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1991 Ring of Fire
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Angel of Destruction
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1994 Red Sun Rising
1996 Sworn to Justice
1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye
2000 Just Sue Me
2000 Primary Suspect
2000 The Right Temptation
Stunt Coordinator:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1991 Ring of Fire
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Angel of Destruction
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1994 Red Sun Rising
1996 Sworn to Justice
1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye
2000 Just Sue Me
2000 Primary Suspect
2000 The Right Temptation
Stunts:
1986 No Retreat, No Surrender
1991 Future Kick
1991 Ring of Fire
1992 Blackbelt
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992 Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992 Out for Blood
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1994 Angel of Destruction
1994 Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994 CyberTracker
1994 Red Sun Rising
1996 Sworn to Justice
1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye
2000 Just Sue Me
2000 Primary Suspect
2000 The Right Temptation
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Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.