Mike Mendez
Mike Mendez (* 1973 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film director and film editor .
Life
In his youth he attended a Catholic school and worked in his parents' Mexican restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard . He later attended college in Pasadena . Here he achieved first successes in his passion for filmmaking. The Arts Council of the City of Pasadena awarded him an Excellence in Filmmaking Award. At the age of twenty-two he made his first film, Mike Mendez 'Killers , which was approved for the 1997 Sundance Film Festival . Mendez later criticized the fact that the producers and distributors [...] had re-edited the film, made the mood more cheerful and changed the music . He achieved his breakthrough in 2000 with the entry Convent , which was also approved for the Sundance Film Festival and was shown at almost 30 other film festivals worldwide. Two years later, a documentary about the horror film and its history followed. Originally planned as a direct-to-DVD , a television documentary was produced for US television due to the cost. In 2012 he made the animal horror science fiction film Big Ass Spider! , starring Ray Wise , Clare Kramer and Greg Grunberg . More B-films followed . He is also responsible for editing the films he directs.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Mike Mendez 'Killers (Killers)
- 1997: Bimbo Movie Bash
- 2000: Convent
- 2002: Masters of Horror (television documentary)
- 2005: The Gravedancers - Rest not in peace! (The Gravedancers)
- 2013: Big Ass Spider!
- 2913: All American Christmas Carol
- 2015: Tales of Halloween (segment Friday the 31st )
- 2015: Lavalantula - Attack of the fire spiders ( Lavalantula , TV movie)
- 2016: The Last Heist
- 2016: The Demon Hunter ( Don't Kill It )
- 2019: Critters Attack!
Web links
- Mike Mendez in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Private website. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013 ; accessed on February 2, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from: x-rated 24, Interview, p. 23
- ↑ Self-presentation on his homepage. Archived from the original on December 17, 2011 ; accessed on February 2, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Mendez, Mike |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director and editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California, United States |