Acting, Action director, Producing, Screen-Fighting, action direction, stunt coordination, stunt-fighting
Last Sunday, I was invited to attend Diana Lee Inosanto’s DVD release party of her directorial debut, The Sensei.
For most martial artists, you’ll recognize the name. She is the daughter of martial arts legend Dan Inosanto and the “honorary niece” of one of the world’s biggest icons, Bruce Lee. But what you might not realize [...]
Producing, Screen-Fighting, action direction, fight choreography, stunt coordination, stunt-fighting
It’s about time. Check out this cool little ditty: a trailer for an CG-animation zombie movie.
It’s called A.D. and is directed by Ben Hibon, written by Haylar Garcia, and produced by Bernie Goldmann (300), Tarik Heitmann (The Sensei), and Renee Tab.
Looks pretty cool. I like the idea of taking the zombie genre into the digital [...]
Check out this live stunt-fighting demonstration that I helped facilitate at Black Belt Magazine’s website.
It was held at the recent International Mixed Martial Arts Expo in Los Angeles and features stunt coordinator John Kreng and his stunt crew explaining the differences between a realistic MMA-style self-defense situation versus an MMA-styled fight for the movies.
It features [...]
Just caught the trailer for the Jackie Chan remake of The Karate Kid (AKA The Kung Fu Kid). After watching this clip though, maybe it should be called The Wushu Kid?
What do you think? After writing down my initial thoughts and now seeing some footage, I’m not sure what to think. Seeing Chan in a [...]
Action director, Screen-Fighting, action direction, editing, fight choreography, stunt coordination, stunt-fighting
Avatar is everything I expected from a James Cameron big-budget action-packed sci-fi epic — and more.
I’m most pleased that he’s maintained his own directing style. Rather than adopt the most annoying trend of vomit-inducing handheld camerawork and seizure-sparking rapid-fire editing, Cameron sticks with what made him the most successful action-movie filmmaker on the planet: imaginative [...]
Welcome to the blog of PATRICK VUONG: a stuntman specializing in film fighting and fight choreography. Here, you will find his blog about the pleasures and pains of fake fighting, get the latest news about his projects, and have access to his various demo reels.
