John Hyams

John Hyams born December 19 1964 is an American screenwriter director and cinematographer best known for his involvement in the Universal Soldier series for which he has directed two installments Hyams is the son of director Peter Hyams Hyams graduated from Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts becoming a noted painter and sculptor exhibiting and selling work in New York and Los Angeles He became known in Hollywood in 1997 after writing producing and directing the critically acclaimed One Dog Day The film debuted at the Taos Talking Picture Film Festival After that Hyams directed several documentaries most notably The Smashing Machine 2002 which follows the life of fighter Mark Kerr Hyams also directed several episodes of ABC Televisions NYPD Blue In 2009 Hyams directed the franchise reboot Universal Soldier Regeneration with JeanClaude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren which was shot mostly in Bulgaria on a budget of 9 million In 2012 he wrote and directed the sequel Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning which also featured Van Damme and Lundgren It was shot in 3D with a budget of 8 million Hyams has since gone on to work in the horror genre directing the films Alone 2020 and Sick 2022 the latter of which features a script by Kevin Williamson