Art Camacho

American actor

Art Camacho

Born| 1965

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality| Hispanic
Occupation(s)| Director, Fight choreographer, actor, producer, stuntman

Art Camacho is an American film director, producer, actor and stuntman. His directorial work includes Recoil in 1998, 13 Dead Men in 2003, Confessions of a Pit Fighter in 2005 and Half Past Dead 2 in 2007; Assassin X in 2016, and Wild League in 2018,. His acting work includes Chinatown Connection in 1990, The Power Within in 1995, Tiger Heart in 1996 and Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home. Camacho's autobiography "A filmmaker's Journey" was published in 2017.

## Background

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Camacho started out producing and directing commercials before moving into directing, choreographing and producing action films. By 2015, he had worked in at least 50 action films as either stuntman or choreographer.[1] One of the films he has directed is Recoil which is from PM Entertainment, the company responsible for many of the direct to video action films in the 1990s to early 2000s. Camacho went on to write, producer and direct several other films. Camacho's credits include Seized starring Scott Adkins, Dead Trigger starring Dolph Lundgren, Half Past Dead starring Steven Seagal. He also directed his first film in Russia: Wild League.[2] One of Camacho's influences is Eric Lee.[3]

## Filmography

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Director  Title  | Year  | Notes #

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Ring of Fire | 1991
To Be The Best

Ring of Fire 2: Blood and Steel

| 1993
The Power Within | 1995  |
Little Bigfoot | 1997  |
Recoil | 1998  |
Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home | 1998  |
The Cutoff | 1998  |
The Company Man | 1998  |
Point Doom | 2000  |
Final Payback | 2001  |
Gangland | 2001  |
Redemption | 2002  |
13 Dead Men | 2003  |
Sci-Fighter | 2004  |
Confessions of a Pit Fighter | 2005  |
Soft Target | 2006  |
Half Past Dead 2 | 2007  |
Flawed  | 2014  |
The Chemist | 2016  |
Father and Father | 2018  | [4]

## References

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1. ^ MyMMANews.com, June 16, 2015 - Martial Artists and High School Teacher Tom Renner Co-Produces The Chemist - Eric Kowal
2. ^ 411 Mania, December 6, 2017 - The Gratuitous B-Movie Column: Recoil by Bryan Kristopowitz
3. ^ Black Belt, Jan 2004 - Page 96 MARTIAL ARTS LEGENDS GATHER TO HONOR ERIC LEE by Sara Fogan
4. ^ Imdb - Art Camacho, Filmography, Director

## External links

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* Imdb: Art Camacho

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