Paul Maslak

Paul Maslak graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS degree in Business Administration While concurrently working for Disney as a project planner on EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland he took a job as editor of INSIDE KUNGFU magazine In this latter capacity he was invited to work as casting director on the martial arts film No Retreat No Surrender for which he helpled discover JeanClaude Van Damme and Cynthia Rothrock Afterwards he pursued a twotrack career for many years working as a master scheduler and production control supervisor in corporate America by day and freelancing as a story analyst for HBO and TriStar Pictures by night Eventually he quit his corporate job at first managing martial arts actors but then taking jobs in handson film production He worked his way up through the ranks of many lowbudget films to become a full producer In 1993 he formed a partnership to produce independent features and in 1996 he began directing with the film Sworn to Justice