Isaac Florentine
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Isaac Florentine is an Israeli-born movie director and martial arts expert. Florentine earned a degree in Film & Television from Tel Aviv University
.
His credits include Power Rangers
, WMAC Masters
Cold Harvest (with Gary Daniels
), Bridge of Dragons
(starring Dolph Lundgren
), and Undisputed 2 (Michael Jai White
, Scott Adkins
). He also directed The Shepherd: Border Patrol
, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
and Scott Adkins, Ninja and Undisputed III: Redemption
which both star Scott Adkins in the lead role. He also did the first of his films with Adkins in 2003 called Special Forces USA
.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
.
Career
As a graduation project, Florentine directed a film called Farewell, Terminator, which was awarded a prize in the Mograbee Film Festival. The film won prizes for best directing, editing, cinematography, costume, production design and music, and was chosen to represent Israel in the short foreign-student film category of the 1988 Academy Awards.His credits include Power Rangers
Power Rangers
Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
, WMAC Masters
WMAC Masters
WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment....
Cold Harvest (with Gary Daniels
Gary Daniels
Gary Edward Daniels is a British kickboxer and martial arts actor. Daniels appears mostly in action-oriented B-movies. Daniels has been in over 50 films since his start as an extra in an episode of the 1980s television series Miami Vice. He is best known for playing Kenshiro in the live-action...
), Bridge of Dragons
Bridge of Dragons
Bridge of Dragons is a 1999 American romantic action film directed by Isaac Florentine, and starring Dolph Lundgren as a cold and tough mercenary. It co-stars Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who Lundgren had previously worked with in the 1991 film Showdown in Little Tokyo. It was the first Nu Image film to...
(starring Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomise the movie action hero stereotype including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.A graduate in chemical...
), and Undisputed 2 (Michael Jai White
Michael Jai White
Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn...
, Scott Adkins
Scott Adkins
Scott Adkins is an English actor and martial artist who is perhaps best known for playing Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption and Bradley Hume in Holby City and Ed Russell in Mile High...
). He also directed The Shepherd: Border Patrol
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
The Shepherd: Border Patrol is a 2008 action film starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins and directed by Isaac Florentine, the director of Undisputed 2...
, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
and Scott Adkins, Ninja and Undisputed III: Redemption
Undisputed III: Redemption
Undisputed III: Redemption is the third installment to the 2002 action film Undisputed. The film stars Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir and Hristo Shopov, and was directed by Isaac Florentine.-Plot:...
which both star Scott Adkins in the lead role. He also did the first of his films with Adkins in 2003 called Special Forces USA
Special Forces (film)
Special Forces is a 2003 American war film directed by Isaac Florentine and written by David N. White. The film starring Marshall R. Teague, Tim Abell and Danny Lee Clark.-Synopsis:...
.