Marc 'Animal' MacYoung
- Art Department
Born in Los Angeles, Marc MacYoung grew up in Hawthorne, California. As
a youngster, he and his thug friends stole the bicycle of Steve Brien -
who nearly 25 years later would hire him for help with props/security
on a night shoot during the filming of Hanoi Hilton - his first film
job. It wasn't until a few years later while working on another film
that they discovered their shared past. Much of his later youth was
spent in the violent streets of Venice, California where he gained his
knowledge of crime and violence. MacYoung worked set construction, set
dressing, swing gang, lead man, props and FX on several films such as
Hanoi Hilton, Rush Week, Limit up, Breaking the Rules, Wicked
Stepmother, Best of the Best, Seedpeople, Syngenor, Death Warrant and
Bad Channels. In 1989 his first book on streetfighting, "Cheap Shots
Ambushes and other Lessons", was published. He used the time in between
film projects to write a total of 13 books and write and produce 5
videos on personal safety/self-defense. He now devotes his time to
teaching crime avoidance, martial arts and defensive tactics.
