- Was approached to direct Total Recall (1990) in 1983 by the Ladd Company. Was approached to direct a remake of "The Killer" in 1994 by TriStar Pictures.
- Originally lined up to direct Laird Hamilton as He-Man in the sequel to Masters of the Universe (1987) (to be filmed back to back with Cannon Pictures' aborted version of "Spider-Man"), but financial difficulties with Cannon caused the film to be canned, with the remaining sets and props being used in Cyborg (1989) with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
- Was originally attached to direct a futuristic version of Treasure Island in the late 1990s with Christopher Lambert and Tia Carrere starring.
- In 2014, Albert Pyun married writer and producer Cynthia Curnan. They had been relationship since 1997.
- Writer's trademark: The character "Brick Bardo" was used by Pyun in seven of his earlier films (Radioactive Dreams (1984), Alien from L.A. (1988), Deceit (1990), Cyborg (1989), Bloodmatch (1991), Dollman (1991) and Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996)), and also in his more recent film, Infection (2005). The character is played twice by Tim Thomerson, Scott Paulin and Christian Andrews, and once by Thom Mathews and Ralph Moeller.
- Frequently casts Scott Paulin and Jenny Dare Paulin.
- Won Best Director award for Left for Dead (2006) at the VIII Semana Internacional de Cine Fantástico y de Terror on September 9, 2007.
- Frequently casts Morgan Weisser and Victoria Maurette.
- Won Best Director and Best Picture awards for Infection (2005) at the VI Semana Internacional de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Estepona.
- Received the Unicorn de Oro Lifetime Achievement award at the VI Semana Internacional de Cine Fantastico y de Terror in 2005.
- In 2014 he was named Best Director for The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper (2014) by the 2014 Pollygrind International Film Festival.
- Awarded Best Director award for Left for Dead (2006) in 2007 by the Estepona International Film Festival (Gold Unicorn). He received his second Best Director award for The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper (2014) in 2014 by the Pollygrind Underground International Film Festival.
- Frequently casts Paige Billot and Joei Fulco.
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