Richard Meyers, (b. 1953) for his contributions to the
Martial ArtsMartial arts or fighting arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat...
film industry, was the first non-martial artist to be inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame.. Ric Meyers has met, talked with and written about the most influential people in Asian films. His book
Great Martial Arts Movies is the reference tool many use to build their Asian Film collections.
He also writes for
Asian Cult Cinema and
Inside Kung-Fu, and he is friends with
Jackie ChanJackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer....
and
Tsui HarkTsui Hark, born Tsui Man-Kong , is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong and a highly influential producer.-Early life:...
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Richard Meyers, (b. 1953) for his contributions to the
Martial ArtsMartial arts or fighting arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat...
film industry, was the first non-martial artist to be inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame.. Ric Meyers has met, talked with and written about the most influential people in Asian films. His book
Great Martial Arts Movies is the reference tool many use to build their Asian Film collections.
He also writes for
Asian Cult Cinema and
Inside Kung-Fu, and he is friends with
Jackie ChanJackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer....
and
Tsui HarkTsui Hark, born Tsui Man-Kong , is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong and a highly influential producer.-Early life:...
. He has also done audio commentaries for more than forty DVDs as of 2008; he interviews Steven Chow on Sony's American release of
Kung Fu Hustle. According to
The Onion -- in one of their few non-satiric articles -- his DVD commentary on
Once Upon a Time in China is one of the best ever.
He regularly attends
FanimeConFanimeCon is an annual anime convention run by the Anime Resource Group . It is the largest anime convention in Northern California and one of the ten largest anime conventions in North America...
and has hosted/presented the annual Superhero Kung-Fu Extravaganza at the San Diego Comic Con since 1998. Although perhaps best known for his contributions to the martial art movie industry (Rim Films called him "one of the men most responsible for the acceptance of Asian action movies and stars in America"), Meyers has been writing, consulting, and performing professionally since 1974.
He is the author of at least two dozen books -- both fiction and nonfiction -- under variations of his name, as well as several pseudonyms, such as
Dane HartmanDane Hartman was a Warner Books imprint pseudonym used by at least two American novelists, Ric Meyers and Leslie Alan Horvitz. "Hartman" was credited as the author of the “Dirty Harry” action series, based upon the “Dirty” Harry Callahan character of the popular films of the 70’s and 80’s starring...
and Wade Barker. His most successful and popular include "Doomstar", "Fear Itself", "Murder in Halruua", "TV Detectives", "For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films", and contributions to The Destroyer, Dirty Harry, and Ninja Master paperback series. In addition, he has contributed to such publications as Starlog, Famous Monsters of Filmland, The Armchair Detective, and DirectTV the Guide.
Enjoying an eclectic career, his other accomplishments include writing the second Marvel Comics novel ("The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast"), contributing to the 60th Anniversary issue of "Detective" (the Batman comic book), consulting for a variety of TV shows and movie projects, and playing both the king at Medieval Times and Santa Claus at a variety of malls, corporate events, and private parties.