Scott Shaw

For the cartoonist and animator, see Scott Shaw (artist).

Scott Shaw (born 23 September 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author, martial artist, musician, and filmmaker.^[1]

Career

Scott Shaw is an advanced martial artist.^[2][3][4]

He has written a number of articles and books on the martial arts and on Zen Buddhism and eastern philosophy.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Shaw is an active actor and filmmaker.^{[10][11][12][13][14]} In collaboration with American filmmaker Donald G. Jackson he created a style of filmmaking where no screenplay and scripts are used in the creation of a movie.^[15] He titled this style of filmmaking, "Zen Filmmaking."^[16][17][18]

Works

Partial bibliography

• About Peace (ISBN 1-59003-003-6)
• Advanced Taekwondo (ISBN 0-8048-3640-X)
• Alles op Zen tijd (ISBN 978-90-6271-924-2)
• Arc Left from Istanbul: A Photographic Exploration (ISBN 978-1-877792-57-1)
• Bangkok and the Nights of Drunken Stupor (ISBN 1-877792-06-3)
• Bangkok: Beyond the Buddha (ISBN 978-1-877792-64-9)
• Bus Rides (ISBN 1-877792-23-3)
• Cairo Before the Aftermath: A Photographic Exploration (ISBN 978-1-877792-74-8)
• Cambodian Refugees in Long Beach, California: The Definitive Study (ISBN 1-877792-02-0)
• Čchi-kung pro začátečníky (ISBN 80-7306-176-7)
• Chi Kung for Beginners: Master the Flow of Chi for Good Health, Stress Reductions & Increased Energy (ISBN 0-7387-0419-9)
• E.Q. (ISBN 1-877792-07-1)
• El Ki o la energia dinamica (ISBN 978-970-643-330-5)
• El pequeño libro de la respiración: El Pranayama, de manera fácil (ISBN 978-84-96111-12-7)
• Gods in Polyester: A Survivors' Account Of 70's Cinema Obscura (Contributor)
• Hapkido Articles on Self-Defense (ISBN 978-1-877792-65-6)
• Hapkido Articles on Self-Defense: Volume Two (ISBN 978-1-877792-72-4)
• Hapkido: Essays on Self-Defense (ISBN 1-877792-42-X)
• Hapkido: Korean Art of Self-Defense (ISBN 0-8048-2074-0)
• Hong Kong Out of Focus (ISBN 978-1-877792-58-8)
• Il Feluire Del Ki (ISBN 978-88-8093-172-0)
• In the Foreboding Shadows of Holiness (ISBN 1-877792-17-9
• Independent Filmmaking: Secrets of the Craft (ISBN 1-877792-49-7)
• Israel in the Oblique (ISBN 978-1-877792-61-8)
• Junk: The Back Streets of Bangkok (ISBN 1-877792-05-5)
• Ki: Technici Eneggentice Coreene (ISBN 973-20-0206-9)
• L. A. Tales from the Suburban Side of Hell (ISBN 1-877792-18-7)
• La Vita Secondo Lo Zen (ISBN 978-88-344-2920-4)
• Last Will & Testament According to the Divine Rites of the Drug Cocaine (ISBN 1-877792-00-4)
• Lo zen e la vita (ISBN 978-88-344-1201-5)
• Los Angeles Koreatown: An Urban Geographical View of the Factors That Lead to Its Inception & Its Current Urbanization (ISBN 1-877792-09-8)
• Love Lived Too Long (ISBN 1-877792-21-7)
• Marguerite Duras And Charles Bukowski: The Yin And Yang Of Modern Erotic Literature (ISBN 1-877792-45-4)
• Mastering Health: The A to Z of Chi Kung (ISBN 81-7822-272-8)
• Nirvána dióhéjban - 157 zen-meditáció (ISBN 978-963-9219-59-5)
• Nirvana in a Nutshell: 157 Zen Meditations (ISBN 1-59003-017-6)
• No Kisses for the Sinner (ISBN 1-877792-12-8)
• On the Hard Edge of Hollywood (ISBN 1-877792-38-1)
• One Word Meditations (ISBN 978-1-877792-82-3)
• Pagan, Burma: Shadows of the Stupa (ISBN 1-877792-63-2)
• Pránajáma dióhéjban (ISBN 978-963-9219-79-3)
• Pranayama: A Respiracao Para Revitalizacao Energetica (ISBN 978-85-7701-167-4)
• Rangoon and Mandalay: A Photographic Exploration (ISBN 978-1-877792-89-2)
• Sake in a Glass, Sushi with Your Fingers: Fifteen Minutes in Tokyo (ISBN 1-877792-22-5)
• Samurai Zen (ISBN 1-57863-104-1)
• Sanskrit, the Language: Inception and Modern Day Ramifications (ISBN 1-877792-10-1)
• Scream of the Buddha (ISBN 1-877792-55-1)
• Scream: Southeast Asia & the Dream (ISBN 1-877792-01-2)
• Scribbles on the Restroom Wall (ISBN 1-877792-53-5)
• Sedona Realm of the Vortex (ISBN 978-1-877792-66-3)
• Shama Baba (ISBN 1-877792-15-2)
• Shanghai Whispers Shanghai Screams (ISBN 1-877792-26-8)
• Shattered Thoughts (ISBN 1-877792-44-6)
• Siam Tracy (ISBN 1-877792-25-X)
• Simple Bliss: Nirvana Made Easy (ISBN 1-86204-850-9)
• Singapore Off Center (ISBN 978-1-877792-60-1)
• Skid Row 1983: A Photographic Exploration (ISBN 978-1-877792-62-5)
• South Korea in a Blur (ISBN 978-1-877792-59-5)
• Suicide Slowly (ISBN 1-877792-14-4)
• Szamurai Zen (ISBN 978-1-57863-104-9)
• Taekwondo - Căn bản
• Taekwondo Basics (ISBN 0-8048-3484-9)
• The Abstract Arsenal of Zen and the Psychology of Being: Further Zen Ramblings from the Internet (ISBN 978-1-877792-91-5)
• The Chronicles: Zen Ramblings from the Internet (ISBN 978-1-877792-73-1)
• The History of the Hmong
• The Ki Process: Korean Secrets for Cultivating Dynamic Energy (ISBN 0-87728-879-8)
• The Little Book of Yoga Breathing: Pranayama Made Easy (ISBN 1-57863-301-X)
• The Little Book of Yoga Meditation (ISBN 978-1-877792-67-0)
• The Most Beautiful Woman in Shanghai (ISBN 1-877792-24-1)
• The Passionate Kiss of Illusion (ISBN 1-877792-04-7)
• The Roller Blade Seven: A Photographic Exploration (ISBN 978-1-877792-87-8)
• The Screenplays (ISBN 1-877792-48-9)
• The Tao of Self-Defense (ISBN 1-57863-190-4)
• The Voodoo Buddha (ISBN 1-877792-56-X)
• The Warrior Is Silent: Martial Art and the Spiritual Path (ISBN 0-89281-668-6)
• The Zen of Everything (ISBN 1-877792-40-3)
• The Zen of Life, Lies, and Aberrant Reality (ISBN 978-1-877792-80-9)
• There Is No Wind Through the Trees on a Treeless Beach (ISBN 1-877792-11-X)
• TKO: Lost Nights in Tokyo (ISBN 1-877792-08-X)
• Varanasi and Bodh Gaya: Shade of the Bodhi Tree: A Photographic Exploration (ISBN 978-1-877792-79-3)
• War (ISBN 1-877792-17-9)
• Wet Dreams and Placid Silence (ISBN 1-877792-19-5)
• Wo' Ton of the Blue Vision (ISBN 1-877792-16-0)
• Yoga the Inner Journey (ISBN 0-595-16549-4)
• Zen and Modern Consciousness (ISBN 1-877792-52-7)
• Zen Buddhism: The Pathway to Nirvana (ISBN 1-877792-36-5)
• Zen Filmmaking (ISBN 1-877792-47-0)
• Zen Filmmaking 2: Further Writings on the Cinematic Arts (ISBN 978-1-877792-88-5)
• Zen in the Blink of an Eye (ISBN 1-877792-41-1)
• Zen Mind Life Thoughts (ISBN 978-1-877792-81-6)
• Zen O'Clock: Time to Be (ISBN 1-57863-124-6)
• Zen-kapu a belső békességhez (ISBN 963-9219-55-X)
• Zen: Tales from the Journey (ISBN 1-877792-43-8)
• ZenÓra Mesterek és harci művészetek (ISBN 963-9219-07-X)
• Zero One (ISBN 1-877792-20-9)

Partial filmography

• 9mm Sunrise (2006) (also Producer/Director)
• Guns of El Chupacabra (1997) (also Producer)
• Hitman City (2003) (also Producer/Director)
• Interview: The Documentary (2005) (Producer/Director)
• Killer: Dead or Alive (2006) (also Producer/Director)
• Max Hell Frog Warrior (1996) (also Producer/Director) (a.k.a. Hell Comes to Frogtown III, Toad Warrior and Max Hell Comes to Frogtown)
• One Shot Sam (2006) (Director)
• Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1993) (also Producer)
• Samurai Johnny Frankenstein (1993) (also Producer/Director)
• Samurai Vampire Bikers From Hell (1992) (also Producer/Director); martial art based vampire film directed by and starring Shaw.^[19] released with the alternative titles, "Alexander Hell" and "Hellzone Rangers."^[20]
• Super Hero Central (2004) (also Producer/Director)
• The Final Kiss (2005) (also Producer/Director)
• The Legend of the Roller Blade Seven (1992) (also Producer)
• The Rock n' Roll Cops (2003) (also Producer/Director)
• The Roller Blade Seven (1991) (also Producer)
• Undercover X (2001) (also Producer/Director)
• Vampire Blvd. (2004) (also Producer/Director)
• Vampire Noir (2007) (also Producer/Director)