Diana Lee Inosanto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Diana Lee Inosanto
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1966(1966-05-29)
Age	58
Birthplace	Torrance
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

Diana Lee Inosanto Biography

Diana Lee Inosanto is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on May 29, 1966 in Torrance, United States. Diana Lee Inosanto (born May 29 1966) is an American actress producer writer, director retired stuntwoman, and martial artist. She is sometimes identified as D. Lee Inosanto.

On the 6th of December, 1995 they were married on December 6th, 1995. In 1996, they were planning to create an organization called Martial Arts Research Systems, commonly referred to informally as MARS as well as MARS Action Group, teaching individuals from all kinds of backgrounds including military personnel, civilians police officers, Hollywood actor and stunt actors looking to improve their physical performance on the camera. They would gradually develop a martial art seminar circuit, which would train students across all of the United States, Canada, Australia, China and Europe. In 2003, they had one son.

She has appeared on the cover of numerous martial arts magazines including Black Belt Magazine, Martial Arts Illustrated, Inside Karate, Self Defense and Inside Kung Fu. Diana Lee Inosanto was named Woman of the year by Black Belt Magazine in 2009.

By 2010, Inosanto’s first Indie film, The Sensei, a film that she wrote, directed, and starred in, would be one of the earliest digitally released films distributed on Netflix and I-Tunes. Filmed on a small budget, The Sensei was a film that takes place in the 1980s. It tells a story about a gay teenager being bullied in a rural town during the height of the AIDS epidemic in middle America. The character McClain is befriended by a female martial arts teacher (Inosanto) who teaches him to defend himself and more important, self-acceptance.

The year 1994 was when Diana began to meet Ron Balicki who was who was a former Cooke County Deputy Sheriff and an avid instructor and student of martial arts with her dad. Originating originally from Chicago, Illinois, Ron Balicki relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles to manage the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts and become a stuntman, fighter, choreographer , and stunt coordinator.

Diana Lee Inosanto Net Worth

Diana Lee Inosanto is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Diana Lee Inosanto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Following the demise of Bruce Lee in 1973, Bruce Lee’s original Chinatown student and father’s martial arts trainer, Richard Bustillo and his wife, Mary Bustillo, would be her godfather’s second and godmother. in 1974 Dan Inosanto and Richard Bustillo officially established their own Filipino Kali Academy in Torrance, California and for many years, they would draw students and instructors from all over the globe. In 1985, Inosanto’s father was to set out on his own to create Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts situated in Marina del Rey, California

When she was pursuing a acting career in the 1990s Diana realized her that the Hollywood system was not able to offer opportunities for diverse roles, and roles could be a part of the lives of ethnically ambiguous characters like her were scarce. Additionally was her early marriage which ended with divorce after just three years. She was also as a single mom of a child with autism and believed she’d need to leave Hollywood and go to a conventional job to take better care of her son.

Inosanto is active in Southern California theatre, as a member of the Asian American theatre group, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble. In 2008 she worked with East West Players, serving as Martial Arts Choreographer on the world premiere of Dan Kwong’s play Be Like Water.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Diana Lee Inosanto height 5 ft 4 in Diana weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Diana Lee Inosanto Dating?

According to our records, Diana Lee Inosanto married to Ron Balicki. As of December 1, 2023, Diana Lee Inosanto’s is not dating anyone.

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Because of Inosanto’s martial arts ability, she was spotted by the producers of Barb Wire who saw her demonstrating a fight scene with Ron Balicki who had been training New Zealand actor, Temuera Morrison. She was asked to be included in the fight scene with Morrison (a stunt acting role that was originally written for a man.) Thereafter, she was immediately recommended to be the martial arts stunt double for Daytime Emmy Award winning actress, Sarah Michelle Gellar for the presentation to pitch Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a TV Show, directed by Joss Whedon. This would be the beginning of Diana’s years as a stuntwoman in Hollywood where she found success working on popular film and TV shows.

Facts & Trivia

Diana Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Diana Lee Inosanto celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.

In early years, Diana’s father supported their family as a schoolteacher in history and physical education at Malaga Cove Junior High School in Palos Verdes, California. However, by night and on the weekends, Diana’s father was a martial arts teacher at the Los Angeles Chinatown school (known as the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute under Bruce Lee) and years later, their backyard gym in Carson, California. Diana Lee Inosanto was also heavily influenced by her grandparents, Sebastian Inosanto and Mary Arca Inosanto, who were political farm leaders establishing the first farm workers union in the state of California in the mid-1930s. In addition, they were early founders of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Stockton, California in 1942.

How is Diana Lee Inosanto related to Bruce Lee?

Diana Lee Inosanto is the daughter of martial arts legend, Dan and his wife Sue Inosanto. She is also known as the goddaughter of global icon, the late Bruce Lee (hence, Diana Lee).

How old is Diana Lee Inosanto?

56 years (May 29, 1966)

Who plays magistrate in Mandalorian?

Diana Lee Inosanto , the actor who plays the Magistrate, is an experienced martial artist and stuntwoman. She was trained by her father, Dan Inosanto, who was a student and friend of Bruce Lee.

Who played the magistrate and The Mandalorian season 2?

Actor and martial artist Diana Lee Inosanto reflects on her upbringing and a fortuitous first viewing of the original Star Wars with her father in 1977. Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth is the role actor, filmmaker, stuntwoman, and martial artist Diana Lee Inosanto was seemingly born to play.

Who is the Filipino girl in the legend of Bruce Lee?

Bruce Lee died almost half a century ago, but rumours over his mysterious demise remain – as fans mourn the kung fu legend, the life of Taiwanese actress Betty Ting Pei , who was with him that fateful night, has been forever shadowed by his death.