An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras.
I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.
As an action director, I always try to bring something fresh and new.
In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with - by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring out that choreography.