Art Camacho

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.

Art Camacho
Born	1965 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Director, Fight choreographer, actor, producer, stuntman

Background

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

Director

Title	Year	Notes #
Ring of Fire	1991
Karate Tiger 8: Fists of Iron 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]
Ruthless	2023