Isaac Florentine
Isaac Florentine is an American film director of Israeli origin.
As early as the 1970s he was engaged in various martial arts . He was a martial arts trainer in the Israeli army, has a Dan and studied karate in Stockholm , among other things . Florentines career as a director began with the short film Farewell Terminator , with whom he won the Mugrabi Film Festival and a nomination for the Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film narrowly missed. He went to the United States, where he worked mostly for the film production company Nu Image , which mainly produces B-movies and martial arts films . Films like Cold Harvest (1998), Fight of the Dragon (1999), US Seals 2 (2001) and Undisputed 2 (2005) as well as collaborations with well-known actors such as Scott Adkins and Jean-Claude Van Damme established his reputation as a director for complex action scenes and unconventional camera perspectives. The frequent use of comic-style onomatopoeia and borrowings from Asian films and the Spaghetti Western is also noticeable .
Florentine is married and has four children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1987: Shalom La-Mechassel
- 1992: Desert Kickboxer
- 1994–1995: Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills (TV series, four episodes)
- 1995–1996: WMAC Masters (TV series, one episode)
- 1996: Power Rangers (TV series, two episodes)
- 1996: Power Rangers Zeo (TV series, nine episodes)
- 1997: High Voltage - Deadly gang (High Voltage)
- 1997: Savate - Fight Without Mercy (Savate)
- 1998: Power Rangers in Space (an episode)
- 1999: Cold Harvest - The countdown is on
- 1999: Fight of the Dragon (Bridge of Dragons)
- 2000: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (TV series, four episodes)
- 2001: Power Rangers Time Force - Quantum Ranger: Clash for Control
- 2001: Command US Seals II (US Seals II)
- 2001: Power Rangers: Time Force (TV series)
- 2003: The Life and Legend of Bob Wall
- 2003: Special Forces USA - Merciless and Deadly (Special Forces)
- 2005: Battleground: The Art of War (TV series, episode)
- 2006: Undisputed 2 (Undisputed II: Last Man Standing)
- 2008: The Shepherd
- 2009: Ninja - Revenge Will Rise (Ninja)
- 2010: Undisputed 3: Redemption
- 2012: Assassin's Bullet (Sofia)
- 2013: Ninja : Shadow of a Tear
- 2015: Close Range
- 2017: Undisputed IV - Boyka Is Back (Boyka: Undisputed IV)
- 2017: Path of Vengeance (Acts of Vengeance)
Web links
- Isaac Florentine Official Website
- Isaac Florentine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Isaac Florentine - Martial Arts isaacflorentine.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Florentine, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director of Israeli origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |