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Mike Mendez

Mike Mendez

Director · Born 1973-01-01 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

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…

Directed

  1. Tales of Halloween (2015) — Director
  2. Big Ass Spider! (2013) — Director
  3. Don't Kill It (2016) — Director
  4. The Gravedancers (2006) — Director
  5. Lavalantula (2015) — Director
  6. The Last Heist (2016) — Director
  7. The Convent (2000) — Director
  8. Satanic Hispanics (2022) — Director
  9. Killers (1996) — Director
  10. Bimbo Movie Bash (1997) — Director
  11. Masters of Horror (2002) — Director
  12. The Devil’s Trap (2024) — Director
  13. The Traveler (2022) — Director
  14. San La Muerte (2022) — Director
  15. Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Malignant (2021) — Hospital Security Guard #1
  2. Chillerama (2011) — Drive in Patron / Xombie
  3. All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018) — Theatre Patron
  4. Beyond Brotherhood (2017) — Joshua Bedi-Kid
  5. Sharknado: Feeding Frenzy (2015) — Himself
  6. The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen (2014) — Self
  7. Tales of the Uncanny (2020) — Self
  8. Terror Toons 3 (2015) — Police Chief
  9. The Devil’s Trap (2024)
  10. The Horror Crowd (2020) — Self
  11. Timo Rose's Beast (2009) — Hunter
  12. The Black Box (2010) — Invisible Ninja
  13. The Cult of Ichi (2007) — Self
  14. FEARnet's Movies with More Brains (2011) — Self
  15. Fantastic Women — Self