Action movies are a film genre where action sequences, such as fights, shootouts, stunts, car chases or explosions either take precedence or, in finer examples of the genre, are used as a form of exposition and character development. In Film theory, genre refers to the primary method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed Staged fights in Cinema include performances of Classical fencing, Historical fencing, Martial arts, Close combat and A shootout is a gun battle between armed groups A shootout often but not necessarily pits law enforcement against criminal elements A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or any act requiring a special skill performed for artistic purposes in TV, Theatre, or cinema Car chase often describes the pursuit of a criminal by Police, and is increasingly captured on film from media and police Helicopters. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero. A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and The genre is closely linked with the thriller and adventure film genres. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Adventure Film is a Film genre. History The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and

While the non-stop motion and fast pacing of action films makes these escapist "popcorn films" a reliable source revenue for movie studios, relatively few action films garner critical praise. Action films tend to be formulaic works based around clichéd stock characters and well-worn plots. While action films have traditionally been aimed at male audiences, from the early teens to the mid-30s, action filmmakers from the 1990s and 2000s added female heroines, romance subplots, and more substantial storylines to broaden the appeal of action films.

Contents 1 History 2 Current trends 3 Feminist theory 4 Sub-genres 5 Notable individuals 5.1 Actors & Actresses 5.2 Directors 5.3 Producers 5.4 Crewmembers 6 See also 7 Further reading 8 References

History

In the West, during the 1920s and 1930s, action films were often "swashbuckling" adventure films in which Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn wielded swords in period pieces. Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most The long-running success of the James Bond series of spy films in the 1960s and 1970s helped to popularise the modern day action film. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story The early Bond films were characterised by quick cutting, car chases, fist fights and ever more elaborate action sequences. Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media The series also established the concept of the resourceful hero, who is able to dispatch the villains with a ready one-liner.

Early American action films usually focused on maverick police officers, as in Bullitt (1968), The French Connection (1971) and Dirty Harry (1971). Bullitt is a 1968 American Thriller film starring Steve McQueen. For other uses see The French Connection. The French Connection is a 1971 Hollywood Crime film directed Dirty Harry is a 1971 Crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. These were among the earliest films to present a car chase as an action set-piece. However, the action film did not become a dominant form in Hollywood until the 1980s and 1990s, when it was popularized by actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone, whose film First Blood in 1982 is considered to be the beginning of the modern day action film. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Walter Bruce Willis (March 19 1955 is an American actor and Singer-songwriter. Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. First Blood (also known as Rambo First Blood) is a 1982 action / Adventure film directed by Ted Kotcheff. The 1988 film Die Hard was particularly influential on the development of the genre in the following decade. Die Hard is an Academy Award nominated 1988 American Action film. In the film, Bruce Willis plays a New York police detective who inadvertently becomes embroiled in a terrorist take-over of a Los Angeles office block. Walter Bruce Willis (March 19 1955 is an American actor and Singer-songwriter. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The film set a pattern for a host of imitators, like Under Siege (1992) or Air Force One (1997), which used the same formula in a different setting. For the video game see Under Siege (video game. Under Siege is also a book by Stephen Coonts Under Siege is a 1992 Air Force One is a 1997 action thriller film starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman, and featuring Glenn Close

Action films tend to be expensive when requiring big budget special effects and stunt work. The illusions used in the Film, Television, Theater, or Entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or any act requiring a special skill performed for artistic purposes in TV, Theatre, or cinema As such, they are regarded as mostly a Hollywood genre, although there have been a significant number of action films from Hong Kong which are primarily modern variations of the martial arts film. Hong Kong action cinema is the reason why Hong Kong film industry 's is so well known For other uses see Martial arts (disambiguation Martial arts film is a Film genre that originated in the Pacific Rim. Because of these roots, Hong Kong action films typically center on acrobatics by the protagonist while American action films typically feature big explosions and modern CGI special effects technology.

Current trends

Current trends in action film include a development toward more elaborate fight scenes in Western film. This trend is influenced by the massive success of Hong Kong action cinema, both in Asia and in the west. Hong Kong action cinema is the reason why Hong Kong film industry 's is so well known Asian martial arts elements, such as kung-fu can now be found in numerous non-Asian action films. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with Chinese Martial arts. Now, a distinction can be made between films that lean toward physical, agile fighting, such as Blade and The Matrix, and those that lean toward other common action film conventions, like explosions and plenty of gunfire, such as Mission Impossible 3, although most action movies employ elements of both. A blade is the flat part of a Tool, Weapon, or Machine (such as a fan) that normally has a cutting edge and/or pointed end typically made The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction - martial arts - Action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and Mission Impossible III (abbreviated MiIII) is the third 2006 Action film based on the spy-themed television series Mission

Feminist theory

Feminist film theory has been used to analyze action movies, owing to their rare variance from a core archetype. Feminist film theory is theoretical Film criticism derived from Feminist politics and Feminist theory. The separation between the physical male, who controls the scene and the gaze, and the female, who is almost always the object of the gaze, is very clear in most such films. In analysing Visual culture, the concept of The Gaze (also gaze and Le regard in French describes how the viewer gazes upon

Sub-genres

• Action comedy - Mixture of action and comedy usually based on mismatched partners (the standard "buddy film" formula) or unlikely setting. A buddy film, according to The Complete Film Dictionary, is "a film that features the friendship of two males as the major relationship" The action comedy sub-genre was re-vitalized with the popularity of the Lethal Weapon series of movies in the 1980s and 1990s. Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989 Bad Boys, Rush Hour and Beverly Hills Cop are other examples. Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action - Comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy

• Action drama - Combines action set-pieces with serious themes, character insight and/or emotional power. This sub-genre can be traced back to the origins of the action film. Carol Reed's The Third Man (written by Grahame Greene) was an award-winning predecessor of this sub-genre. For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. The Third Man ( is an award-winning British Film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories The French Connection series are considered an apotheosis of the sub-genre. Another example is Michael Mann's Miami Vice and Heat

• Action horror - As with science fiction action films, any sub-genre of action film can be combined with the elements of horror films to produce what has increasingly become a popular action sub-genre in its own right. Michael Mann is the name of Michael Mann (director (born 1943 Hollywood Fats (real name Michael Mann 1954-1986 accomplished Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. In Physics, heat, symbolized by Q, is Energy transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in Temperature Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Monsters, robots and many other staples of horror have been used in action films. In the 1980s, Aliens introduced movie goers to the potential of a hybrid of science fiction, action and horror which would continue to be popular to the present day. This article is about the film for the video games see Aliens (Square computer game and Aliens (arcade game.

• Action thriller - Elements of action/adventure (car chases, shootouts, explosions) and thriller (plot twists, suspense, hero in jeopardy). Many of the James Bond series of films are icons of this popular sub-genre as too are Lethal Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, and finally Lethal Weapon 4. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 Action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 buddy cop action - Comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 buddy cop action - Comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Nighthawks (film) starring Sylvester Stallone also applies. Nighthawks is a 1981 Thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Also of note are the Matt Damon fueled The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Supremacy (film), and The Bourne Ultimatum (film). Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. The Bourne Identity is a 2002 Spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum 's novel of the same name. The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 spy mystery Thriller film loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 Spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. All of which are based on Robert Ludlum books of the same names. Robert Ludlum ( May 25, 1927 New York City  – March 12, 2001 Naples Florida) was an American Author

• Blaxploitation: While the formulaic action/crime films of the Blaxploitation genre, such as Shaft(1971) did put African-American stars in the spotlight, they also reinforced negative stereotypes of African-Americans. Blaxploitation is a Film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s when many Exploitation films were made that targeted the urban

• Buddy cop - Two mismatched cops (or some variation, such as a police officer having to team up with a criminal) have to try to work together. Examples are Rush Hour, Bad Boys, 48 Hrs., Lethal Weapon and Tango & Cash. 48 Hrs is a 1982 action Comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989 Tango & Cash is a 1989 American action / Comedy film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky ( Albert Magnoli took over

• Caper / heist - Protagonists are carrying out a robbery, either for altruistic purposes or as anti-heroes. The film You Only Live Once, based on the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde, was one of the first examples of this sub-genre. You Only Live Once is a 1937 crime drama film starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash Other examples include The Italian Job, Heat, and Ocean's 11. The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter In Physics, heat, symbolized by Q, is Energy transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in Temperature

• Die Hard Scenario - The story takes place in limited location - a single building, plane, or vessel - which is seized or under threat by enemy agents. This sub-genre began with the film, Die Hard, but has become popular in Hollywood movie making both because of its crowd appeal and the relative simplicity of building sets for such a constrained piece. Die Hard is an Academy Award nominated 1988 American Action film. Among the many films that have copied this formula are Under Siege, John Q, Executive Decision, Air Force One(hostages are trapped in a plane), Speed (hostages are trapped in a bus), The Rock (film), and Con Air(criminals take over a transport plane). For the video game see Under Siege (video game. Under Siege is also a book by Stephen Coonts Under Siege is a 1992 John Q is a 2002 Film starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged Executive Decision is a 1996 Action film, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo Air Force One is a 1997 action thriller film starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman, and featuring Glenn Close Speed is a 1994 American action / thriller Romance film directed by Jan de Bont set in Los Angeles. The Rock is a 1996 Academy Award -nominated Action film that primarily takes place on Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco Bay Con Air is a 1997 American action / thriller Film by Touchstone Pictures that stars Nicolas Cage,

• Girls with guns - this sub-genre of films and animation, especially Hong Kong action films and anime, uses a female protagonist in a strong lead role, set in a modern context. Hong Kong action cinema is the reason why Hong Kong film industry 's is so well known (anime in Japanese, Female (♀ is the Sex of an Organism, or a part of an organism which produces ova (egg cells The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. A role (sometimes spelled rôle) or a social role is a set of connected Behaviors Rights and Obligations as conceptualized by actors The term modern period or modern era (sometimes also modern times) is the period of history that followed the Middle Ages between c The genre involves gun-play, stunts and martial arts action. Gun fu is the style of sophisticated close-quarters gunplay seen in Hong Kong action cinema and in Western films influenced by it A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or any act requiring a special skill performed for artistic purposes in TV, Theatre, or cinema Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Some of the best known female fighters are Angela Mao Ying, Cheng Pei-pei, Moon Lee, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Cynthia Rothrock. Angela Mao (born 20 September 1950) is a Martial arts film actress best known for the string of Kung fu films in which she starred during the Cheng Pei-pei ( born December 4 1946 in Shanghai, China) is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu Moon Lee ( Chinese: 李賽鳳; Cantonese Jyutping: Li Choi-Fung, Hanyu Pinyin: Li Sai-Feng, born February Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng ( Cantonese (Yale romanization yèuhng jí kìhng born August 6, 1962) is a BAFTA Award-nominated Zhang Ziyi (born February 9, 1979, in Beijing) is one of the best-known Golden Globe -nominated Chinese Film Actresses Cynthia Rothrock ( born March 8 1957, is an American actress specializing in Martial arts films She was born in Wilmington European and US films with female protagonists include Nikita (1990); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); and Kill Bill (2003/2004). Nikita (re-titled La Femme Nikita in some countries is a 1990 French movie written and directed by Luc Besson Lara Croft Tomb Raider is a film adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series Kill Bill is the fourth film by Writer - director Quentin Tarantino.

• Heroic bloodshed - This Hong Kong sub-genre revolves around dramatic themes such as brotherhood, honour, redemption and the effects of violence on the individual and society at large. Heroic Bloodshed is a genre of Hong Kong action cinema revolving around stylized It often features stylized shootouts with slow-motion scenes of barrages of gunfire.

• Science fiction action - Any of the other sub-genres of action film can be set in a science fiction setting. The Star Wars films began the modern exploration of this combination of high action content with futuristic settings in the 1970s, based in part on the serials of the 1930s and 1940s such as Flash Gordon. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials or Film serials, were Short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a Feature Flash Gordon is a 1936 film serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor An explosion of science fiction action films followed in the 1980s and 1990s, including The Fifth Element, The Matrix, Demolition Man, Aliens and Serenity, and the critically-panned UltraViolet. The Fifth Element is a French 1997 Science fantasy, action, Comedy, Techno thriller film directed by The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction - martial arts - Action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and This article is about the film for the video games see Aliens (Square computer game and Aliens (arcade game. Serenity is a 2005 space western Film written and directed by Joss Whedon. UltraViolet is a 2006 science fiction / action film. It was released in North America on March 3, 2006.

Notable individuals

Actors & Actresses

Actors from the 1950s and 1960s such as John Wayne, Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin passed the torch in the 1970s to actors such as Charles Bronson, martial artist Chuck Norris, and Clint Eastwood. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24 1930 – November 7 1980 was an American movie Actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool" Lee Marvin ( February 19, 1924 &ndash August 29, 1987) was an American Film actor Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, Lithuanian name Karolis Bučinskis, November 3, 1921 – August 30, Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10 1940 is an American martial artist, action star and Television and Film Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. In the 1980s, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover had a popular string of "buddy cop" films in the Lethal Weapon franchise. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist. Beginning in the mid-1980s, actors such as the burly ex-bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone wielded machine guns in a number of action films. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Stern-faced martial artist Steven Seagal made a number of films. Steven F Seagal (born April 10 1951 is an American Action movie Actor, producer, writer director, Martial artist Bruce Willis played a Western-inspired hero in the popular Die Hard series of action films. Walter Bruce Willis (March 19 1955 is an American actor and Singer-songwriter.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Asian actors Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li and Jackie Chan appeared in a number of different types of action films, and US actor Wesley Snipes had many roles. Chow Yun-Fat SBS ( born May 18, 1955) is a Chinese Actor. He is one of the most famous actors in Asia and a Li Lianjie (born April 26 1963 better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist (Kung fu Actor, Wushu champion Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American Actor, Film producer, and Martial artist. As well, several female actors had major roles in action films, such as Michelle Yeoh, Lucy Liu, and ex-model Milla Jovovich. Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng ( Cantonese (Yale romanization yèuhng jí kìhng born August 6, 1962) is a BAFTA Award-nominated Lucy Alexis Liu ( born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. Milla Jovovich (ˈjɔvɔvitɕ Serbian: Milica Jovović / Милица Јововић; Милла Йовович; Ukrainian: Мiлла While Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford both had major roles in action sci-fi films (The Matrix and Blade Runner, respectively), Ford branched out into a number of other action genres, such as action-adventure films. Keanu Charles Reeves (kiːˈɑːnuː born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian Actor. Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American

European action actors such as Belgian-born Jean-Claude Van Damme and French-Born Jean Reno and British-born Jason Statham appeared in a number of 1990s and 2000s-era action films. Jean Reno (born July 30, 1948) is a French Actor. Working in both French and English he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood Jason Michael Statham (born 12 September 1972 is an English actor known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie Crime films Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels US actor Matt Damon, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his sensitive portrayal of a math genius working as a janitor in Good Will Hunting, metamorphosed into an action hero with the car chase and gunfire-filled Bourne Identity franchise. Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. The Bourne Identity is a 1980 Spy fiction thriller novel by Robert Ludlum about a retrograde amnesiac who must discover who he is and For a longer list of action film actors, see the List of action film actors article. Action film actors appear in Action movies a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases

Directors

• Akira Kurosawa
• Andrew Davis
• Antoine Fuqua
• Clint Eastwood
• Corey Yuen
• Doug Liman
• F. Gary Gray
• James Cameron
• John Ford
• John McTiernan
• John Sturges
• John Woo
• Louis Leterrier
• Luc Besson
• Martin Campbell
• Michael Bay
• Paul Greengrass
• Quentin Tarantino
• Renny Harlin
• Ridley Scott
• Ringo Lam
• Rob Cohen
• Guy Ritchie
• Robert Rodriguez
• Sam Peckinpah
• Sam Raimi
• Sergio Leone
• Shep Ashton
• The Wachowski Brothers
• Tony Scott
• Tsui Hark
• Wolfgang Petersen
• Wilson Yip

Producers

• Avi Lerner
• Boaz Davidson
• Bob Weinstein
• Don Simpson
• Harvey Weinstein
• Jerry Bruckheimer
• Jerry Weintraub
• Joel Silver
• Menahem Golan
• Moshe Diamant
• Yoram Globus
• The Wachowski Brothers

Crewmembers

• Yuen Woo-ping (choreographer)

See also

• Hong Kong action cinema
• List of action heroes
• List of action films
• List of movie genres
• List of women warriors in literature and popular culture

Further reading

• Inness, Sherrie A. Andrew Davis (born November 21, 1947) is an American Film director, producer and Cinematographer, noted for Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an African-American Film director. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Corey Yuen Kwai ( is a Hong Kong Actor, Film director and producer Doug Liman (born July 24 1965) is an American Film director and producer best known for The Bourne Identity Felix Gary Gray (born July 17, 1969 in New York New York) is an American Music video and Film director. James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian - American director John Campbell McTiernan Jr (born January 8, 1951) is an American Movie director, best known for his action films and most identifiable John Eliot Sturges ( 3 January 1911 &ndash 18 August 1992) was an American film director John Woo Yu-Sen (born May 1, 1946) is an internationally and critically acclaimed Chinese Film director and producer. Louis Leterrier (born June 17 1973 in Paris France is a French Film director whose most notable films include The Transporter and Transporter Luc Besson (lyk bɛsɔ̃ born 18 March 1959 is a French Film director, writer and producer. Martin Campbell (born October 24[[ 944]] Hastings) is a New Zealand film and Television director. Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American Film director and producer. Paul Greengrass (b August 13, 1955 in Cheam, Surrey) is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA Award -winning English Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finnish American Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear) is a British Academy Award Nominated and Golden Globe Emmy Award and BAFTA Award winning Ringo Lam Ling-Tung ( Cantonese: Lam Ling-tung born in 1955 is a Hong Kong Film director, producer and Scriptwriter. Robert Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American Film director, producer and Writer. Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire) is an English Screenwriter and Film director. Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20 1968 is an American director, writer, producer, Cinematographer, editor and Musician David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American Film director, producer, Actor and Sergio Leone ( January 3, 1929 &ndash April 30, 1989) was an Italian Film director. Biography Andy and Larry Wachowski were born to a Polish-American family in Chicago. Anthony D L "Tony" Scott (born 21 July 1944) is a British Film director. ( 徐) Tsui Hark, born Tsui Man-Kong (徐文光 on February 15, 1950, is a New Wave Film director in Hong Kong Wilson Yip Wai-Shun ( is a Hong Kong Actor, Film director and Screenwriter. Avinoam Lerner (born 27 June 1941 in Haifa, Israel) is a film producer primarily of American Action movies and Boaz Davidson (בועז דוידזון born 8 November 1943) is an Israeli Film director, producer and Scriptwriter. For the Mayor of Ketchikan Alaska, see Bob Weinstein (Mayor. Robert Weinstein (born 1954 is an American film This page is about the Hollywood film producer For the article about the comic book artist see Don Simpson. Harvey Weinstein, CBE (Hon (born March 19, 1952) is an American Film producer and movie studio chairman Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) better known by his professional name Jerry Bruckheimer, is an American film Jerry Weintraub (born September 26, 1937) is an American film producer and former chairman and CEO of United Artists. Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American Hollywood Film producer and inventor of the sport of Ultimate. Menahem Golan ( מנחם גולן; alternative Transliterations Manahem or Menachem (rarely Manachem) Golan) born Yoram Globus is an Israeli director and producer who is most famous for his association with Cannon Films Inc Biography Andy and Larry Wachowski were born to a Polish-American family in Chicago. Yuen Woo Ping ( born 1945 in Guangzhou, China) is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and Film director, renowned See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" Hong Kong action cinema is the reason why Hong Kong film industry 's is so well known This is a list of action heroes who appear in a number of genres including Action films Adventure films Swashbuckler films, Television Westerns This is chronological list of Action films split by decade Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including horror In Film theory, genre refers to the primary method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed See also List of women warriors in folklore This list of women Warriors in Literature, and Popular culture offers figures studied (ed. ) Action Chicks: New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
• Kim, L. S. "Making women warriors: a transnational reading of Asian female action heroes in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media. No. 48, Winter, 2006.
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