by Sam Firstenberg

The Annihilation ... American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a 1987 action/adventure sequel starring Michael Dudikoff, Steve... American Ninja was directed by Sam Firstenberg and stars Michael Dudikoff in the title...

Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin learnt the art of story-boarding from the great Alfred Hitchcock, Renny Harlin learnt to make pasta with Sergio Leone, and has directed the man we remember as the American Ninja.

Robert Clouse

The film was directed by Robert Clouse, the fight choreography was by Nijel Binns, and Nijel Binns was executive produced by Raymond Chow.

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Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, and is the first installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja 2

by Cannon's go-to ninja and breakdancing stalwart Sam Firstenberg (REVENGE OF THE NINJA,

Written by Paul De Mielche (STUNT ROCK) and directed by Cannon's go-to ninja and breakdancing stalwart Sam Firstenberg (REVENGE OF THE NINJA, NINJA III: THE DOMINATION, and BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO), AMERICAN NINJA is as formulaic as 1980s action gets, but 1980s action 's still entertaining and a fine representation of the Cannon heyday.

director Gordon Hessler

James Booth also happens to play the bag guy in this, and if you need further proof of director Gordon Hessler's very specific flavor of ninja film, you should know that director Gordon Hessler also wrote American Ninja 2:

Kenji Tanigaki

The film received positive reviews from critics, with widespread praise regarding the film's action direction and fight choreography conducted by Kenji Tanigaki.

Wong Jing

The film was written and directed by Wong Jing, who replaced Gordon Chan as the director of the third installment after the 1992 film, Fight Back to School II and the 1991 film, Fight Back to School.

David Bradley's best-known films

David Bradley's best-known films are the American Ninja sequels.

Alex Ranarivelo

Director Alex Ranarivelo also directed the franchise’s previous film.

Koichi Sakamoto

The film was directed by Koichi Sakamoto, the action director for the production of Power Rangers in New Zealand.

Takashi Nishiyama

The game was directed by Takashi Nishiyama, who later co-planned the original Street Fighter and a few of SNK's early fighting games.

Greg McLean

Greg McLean directed and John Jarratt reprised John Jarratt's role from the previous film

Jeff Tremaine

The director was Jeff Tremaine, creator and director of Jackass (starring Johnny Knoxville).

Kenji Nagasaki

The series was directed by Kenji Nagasaki (Gundam Build Fighters, My Hero Academia) at studio Bones, with Satoshi Ishino (Release the Spyce, A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-) providing character designs.

Matthew Charles Santoro

Director Matthew Charles Santoro had previously worked on X-Men Origins:

Gun Ho Jang

The credited director is Gun Ho Jang, who has no directorial endeavors before this.

Martin Skarbø himself

The whole process was carefully supervised by the ninja director Martin Skarbø himself.

Takeshi Yagi

Director Takeshi Yagi also worked on the previous Ultraman series, ULTRAMAN NEXUS.

Seijun Suzuki

This onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colours got director Seijun Suzuki