Michael J. Epstein
Directing
Michael J. Epstein is a Los Angeles filmmaker known for social-satire-horror Clickbait (2019), 70s-Euro-vampire Blood of the Tribades (2016), psychotronic-sci-fi Magnetic (2015), and the avant-mystery Ten (2014). He often co-writes, co-directs, and co-produces with his wife, Sophia Cacciola, with their production company, Launch Over.
Known for
Directing30
movieDear Diary
2024
Director
movieAerospace Engineering
2024
Director
movieSmash the Competition
2024
Director
movieOpen Wide
2024
Director
movie7 Sins
2020
Director
moviePride
2020
Director
movieI Am an Addict
2019
Director
movieThe Dial Tone of Doom
2019
Director
movieHalf-Cocked
2019
Assistant Director
movieUmbilicus Desidero
2019
Director
movieClickbait
2019
Director
movieConspiracy X
2018
Director
movieA Taste of Phobia
2018
Director
movieTrashsploitation
2018
Director
movie60 Seconds to Die
2017
Director
movieThe Blood Is the Life
2016
Director
movieBlood of the Tribades
2016
Director
movieMagnetic
2015
Director
movieBring Us Your Women
2015
Director
movieTen
2014
Director
Acting74
movieRobot Dracula
2026
Reynolds / Bobby Zombert / RoboCock
movieSpandexorcist
2025
Rick Rockwell
movieOnlyFangs
2025
Monster Hunter
movieBite School 2
2025
Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert
movieMother Goose's Scary Tales
2024
Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck) / Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)
movieSolvent
2024
Nazi
moviePsycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
2024
Michael J. Epstein
movieBloody Bridget
2023
Attacker
movieFat Fleshy Fingers
2023
Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")
movieThe Devil's Tail
2021
Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
2021
Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension
moviePhilia
2021
Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
movieThe Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
2021
Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self
movieSitting Duck
2021
Burglar
The Big Steep
2021
Keeper of the kettle
movieHappy Horror Days
2020
Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
movieBrides of Satan
2020
Dewdrop
movieBloodhound
2020
Renfield
movie7 Sins
2020
Pentheus (segment: Pride)
moviePride
2020
Pentheus
movieI Am an Addict
2019
The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
movieHalf-Cocked
2019
Hooligan
Merde
2019
Inmate Harvey
movieClickbait
2019
Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
2018
Self
movie60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018
safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")
The Shackling
2018
couch TV couple
movieA Taste of Phobia
2018
Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")
movieDept. of Reincarnation
2018
Urinator
movie2 Die For
2018
Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
movieGlossary of Broken Dreams
2018
DeForest Schbeibi
movieWhat Metal Girls Are Into
2017
Metal Guitarist
movieHipster Ghost
2017
Michael
movieGrindsploitation
2016
Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
movieWeekend Vampire
2016
Goth band drummer
movieThe Blood Is the Life
2016
Self / music
El Loco Nihilismo
2016
Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
movieChainsaw Maidens from Hell
2016
Party Band
moviePlanchette
2015
Killer
movieMagnetic
2015
Subject of painting (uncredited)
movieBring Us Your Women
2015
King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
Uncut
2014
Self - Red Team Captain
movieTen
2014
Subject of painting
movieFat
2013
Dinner party guest #1
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
2013
Animated band member
El Loco Ojo
2013
Number 6 / Subject of Painting
Los Locos Manos
2012
Subject of Painting
movieKaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
2005
Alien Horde
An LA Christmas Story
Felix Finklestein
Padre Morte
Iron Spine
movieThe Ringing
Jack
Sound40
movieWe're Not Them
2026
Sound Recordist
movieBart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
2025
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
movieMemento Mori
2022
Sound Designer
movieMeat Friend
2022
Sound
movie7 Sins
2020
Music
movieDarling Pet Monkey
2020
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Recordist
moviePride
2020
Original Music Composer
movieEagle Rock
2019
Sound Mixer
movieHalf-Cocked
2019
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
movieRe-Home
2019
Boom Operator, Sound Recordist
movieClickbait
2019
Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
movie60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018
Sound, Music
movieConspiracy X
2018
Music, Sound
movieLeopard (Part I)
2018
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
movieA Taste of Phobia
2018
Music, Sound
movieManos Returns
2018
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
movie2 Die For
2018
Music
movieHipster Ghost
2017
Music, Sound
movieFor a Good Time, Call...
2017
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
movieBlood of the Tribades
2016
Original Music Composer, Sound
movieGay Jesus
2015
Sound Mixer
movieInnsmouth
2015
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
moviePlanchette
2015
Music, Boom Operator, Sound Recordist
movieMagnetic
2015
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ungovernable Force
2015
Sound Editor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
movieHonky Holocaust
2014
Sound Editor
Wake Not the Dead
Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
movieFinal Transmissions
Sound Mixer
Editing29
movieDay of the Dad
2025
Editor
movieBite School 2
2025
Editor
movieKill Dolly Kill
2023
Editor
movieReel Trouble
2022
Editor
movieMemento Mori
2022
Editor
movieMeat Friend
2022
Editor
movieBloodhound
2020
Editor
movie7 Sins
2020
Editor
movieDisco Graveyard
2020
Editor
moviePride
2020
Editor
movieConspiracy X
2018
Editor
movieHipster Ghost
2017
Editor
movieFinal Transmissions
Editor
Writing23
movieRobot Dracula
2026
Writer
movieBite School 2
2025
Writer
movieA Hard Place
2025
Writer
movieBloodhound
2020
Writer
movie7 Sins
2020
Writer
moviePride
2020
Writer
movieClickbait
2019
Writer
movieHipster Ghost
2017
Writer
movieMagnetic
2015
Writer
movieTen
2014
Writer
movieFinal Transmissions
Writer
Camera20
movieDay of the Dad
2025
Second Assistant Camera
movieThe Mystery of Emma Thorn
2025
First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician
movieBart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
2025
Camera Operator
movieAmerican Terror Tales 3
2024
Director of Photography
movieDon't F**k with Anne Margaret
2023
Assistant Camera
movieCraving
2023
Camera Operator
movieTea Time
2020
Camera Operator
movieClickbait
2019
Camera Operator
movieDept. of Reincarnation
2018
Camera Operator
movie2 Die For
2018
Director of Photography
movieGlossary of Broken Dreams
2018
Camera Operator
movieTrashsploitation
2018
Director of Photography
movieThe Streets Run Red
2017
Camera Operator
movieParty Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
2016
Camera Operator
movieThe Blood Is the Life
2016
Director of Photography
movieBlood of the Tribades
2016
Director of Photography
movieGay Jesus
2015
Camera Operator
movieFor the Love of Metamorphosis
2015
Director of Photography
movieThe Ungovernable Force
2015
Assistant Camera, Camera Operator
Production20
movieDay of the Dad
2025
Co-Producer
movieFat Fleshy Fingers
2023
Producer
movieReel Trouble
2022
Producer
movieDarling Pet Monkey
2020
Producer
movieShiny Diamonds
2020
Producer
movieHalf-Cocked
2019
Producer
movieClickbait
2019
Producer
movie2 Die For
2018
Producer
movieHipster Ghost
2017
Producer
movieThe Blood Is the Life
2016
Producer
movieBlood of the Tribades
2016
Executive Producer, Producer
movieMagnetic
2015
Producer
movieBring Us Your Women
2015
Producer
movieTen
2014
Producer
movieFinal Transmissions
Producer
Crew11
movieHag
2026
Thanks
movieFatal Desires
2025
Thanks
movieSlasher Fetish
2024
Cinematography
movieFat Fleshy Fingers
2023
Post Production Supervisor
movieThe Dial Tone of Doom
2019
Cinematography
Dirty D: Jelly
2019
Cinematography
movie60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018
Cinematography
movieConspiracy X
2018
Cinematography
Tales from the Grave
2017
Cinematography
movieThirteen
2016
Cinematography
moviePlanchette
2015
Cinematography
Lighting6
Visual Effects3
movieFat Fleshy Fingers
2023
Visual Effects
movieMeat Friend
2022
Visual Effects
movieHipster Ghost
2017
Visual Effects