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Mike Mendez
Los Angeles, California, USA
A native to Los Angeles, Mike Mendez was in the backyard making movies since the age of 10. At the age of 23, Mike made his first feature film "Killers," which was accepted into t…
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A native to Los Angeles, Mike Mendez was in the backyard making movies since the age of 10. At the age of 23, Mike made his first feature film "Killers," which was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. The film was picked up by Alpine Pictures, who distributed the feature in the U.S. The film also received a worldwide theatrical release. He followed that up with the horror comedy "The Convent," which was also accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in 2000, as well as over 30 other film festivals worldwide. The film was released by Lionsgate in the U.S. In 2002, he produced a documentary for Universal Television and Showtime entitled "Masters of Horror," featuring interviews with some of the genre's most legendary filmmakers. In 2006, Mike's film "The Gravedancers" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in theaters nationally by Lionsgate & After Dark Films as part of "8 Films To Die For". Along with producing short films for X-box and working on the television series "Beavis & Butthead", Mike's newest film is "Big Ass Spider!" for Epic Pictures, which premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival. Starring "Heroes" alumni Greg Grunberg, it had a limited theatrical worldwide.
Filmography
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2026
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Movie Director
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2024
The Devil’s Trap
Movie
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2023
Slotherhouse
Movie Editor
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2022
Satanic Hispanics
Movie Director
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2022
San La Muerte
Movie Director
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2022
The Traveler
Movie Director
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2021
Toys of Terror
Movie Editor
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2021
Malignant
Movie Hospital Security Guard #1
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2020
Critters Attack!
Movie Editor
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2020
Don't Look Back
Movie Editor
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2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie Self
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2020
The Horror Crowd
Movie Self
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2020
A Mother Knows Worst
Movie Editor
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2019
Acceleration
Movie Editor
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2019
The Shed
Movie Editor
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2018
He Knows Your Every Move
Movie Editor
More credits
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2018
Nightmare Cinema
Movie Editor
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2018
All the Creatures Were Stirring
Movie Theatre Patron
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2017
Against the Night
Movie Co-Producer
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2017
Beyond Brotherhood
Movie Joshua Bedi-Kid
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2016
Don't Kill It
Movie Director
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2016
The Last Heist
Movie Editor
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2015
Terror Toons 3
Movie Police Chief
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2015
Tales of Halloween
Movie Director
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2015
Lavalantula
Movie Director
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2015
Sharknado: Feeding Frenzy
Movie Himself
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2014
The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen
Movie Self
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2013
All American Christmas Carol
Movie Editor
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2013
Big Ass Spider!
Movie Director
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2012
Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve
Movie Writer
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2011
Chillerama
Movie Drive in Patron / Xombie
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2011
FEARnet's Movies with More Brains
Movie Self
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2010
The Black Box
Movie Invisible Ninja
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2009
Timo Rose's Beast
Movie Hunter
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2008
Doggie Heaven
Movie Producer
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2008
The Most Famous Man in the World!
Movie Editor
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2008
Chaplin the Hero
Movie Editor
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2008
Strolling Into the Sunset
Movie Editor
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2007
The Cult of Ichi
Movie Self
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2006
The Gravedancers
Movie Director
