Mike Mendez
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing15
movieThe Devil’s Trap
2024
Director
movieSatanic Hispanics
2022
Director
movieSan La Muerte
2022
Director
movieThe Traveler
2022
Director
movieDon't Kill It
2016
Director
movieThe Last Heist
2016
Director
movieTales of Halloween
2015
Director
movieLavalantula
2015
Director
movieBig Ass Spider!
2013
Director
movieThe Gravedancers
2006
Director
movieMasters of Horror
2002
Director
movieThe Convent
2000
Director
movieBimbo Movie Bash
1997
Director
movieKillers
1996
Director
Editing18
movieSlotherhouse
2023
Editor
movieToys of Terror
2021
Editor
movieDon't Look Back
2020
Editor
movieAcceleration
2019
Editor
movieThe Shed
2019
Editor
movieThe Last Heist
2016
Editor
movieLavalantula
2015
Editor
movieBig Ass Spider!
2013
Editor
Acting15
movieMalignant
2021
Hospital Security Guard #1
movieAll the Creatures Were Stirring
2018
Theatre Patron
movieBeyond Brotherhood
2017
Joshua Bedi-Kid
movieTerror Toons 3
2015
Police Chief
movieChillerama
2011
Drive in Patron / Xombie
movieThe Black Box
2010
Invisible Ninja
Production6
movieSatanic Hispanics
2022
Producer
movieThe Shed
2019
Co-Producer
movieAgainst the Night
2017
Co-Producer
movieTales of Halloween
2015
Producer
movieDoggie Heaven
2008
Producer
movieThe Gravedancers
2006
Associate Producer
