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.
Full Filmography
Directing
Ten
(2014)
Director
Magnetic
(2015)
Director
Bring Us Your Women
(2015)
Director
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Director
Blood of the Tribades
(2016)
Director
The Blood Is the Life
(2016)
Director
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
(2016)
Director
60 Seconds to Die
(2017)
Director
A Taste of Phobia
(2018)
Director
Conspiracy X
(2018)
Director
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(2018)
Director
Trashsploitation
(2018)
Director
Clickbait
(2019)
Director
I Am an Addict
(2019)
Director
Umbilicus Desidero
(2019)
Director
Half-Cocked
(2019)
Assistant Director
The Dial Tone of Doom
(2019)
Director
Dirty D: Jelly
(2019)
Director
Pride
(2020)
Director
7 Sins
(2020)
Director
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(2021)
Director
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
(2021)
Director
The Once and Future Smash
(2022)
Director
Acting
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
(2005)
Alien Horde
Fat
(2013)
Dinner party guest #1
Ten
(2014)
Subject of painting
Bring Us Your Women
(2015)
King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
Planchette
(2015)
Killer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Magnetic
(2015)
Subject of painting (uncredited)
The Blood Is the Life
(2016)
music
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
(2016)
Party Band
Idioms Origins Volume 1
(2016)
Store Clerk
Grindsploitation
(2016)
Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL
(2016)
Weekend Vampire
(2016)
Goth band drummer
Hipster Ghost
(2017)
Michael
What Metal Girls Are Into
(2017)
Metal Guitarist
Swipe Right
(2017)
Bill
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(2018)
safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")
2 Die For
(2018)
Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
Glossary of Broken Dreams
(2018)
DeForest Schbeibi
A Taste of Phobia
(2018)
Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")
Dept. of Reincarnation
(2018)
Urinator
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
(2018)
Self
Clickbait
(2019)
Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
I Am an Addict
(2019)
The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
Half-Cocked
(2019)
Hooligan
Sugar Off The Button
(2019)
Merde
(2019)
Inmate Harvey
Pride
(2020)
Pentheus
7 Sins
(2020)
Pentheus (segment: Pride)
Bloodhound
(2020)
Renfield
Happy Horror Days
(2020)
Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
Brides of Satan
(2020)
Dewdrop
Dinogore
(2020)
Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution
(2020)
Himself
Philia
(2021)
Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(2021)
Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self
Sitting Duck
(2021)
Burglar
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
(2021)
Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension
The Devil's Tail
(2021)
Metal Guitarist
The Once and Future Smash
(2022)
Repo Man
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
(2022)
Bill
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")
Bloody Bridget
(2023)
Attacker
Hacking at Leaves
(2024)
Self
Sound
Honky Holocaust
(2014)
Sound Editor
Gay Jesus
(2015)
Sound Mixer
Magnetic
(2015)
Original Music Composer
The Ungovernable Force
(2015)
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, and Sound Editor
Innsmouth
(2015)
Boom Operator and Sound Mixer
Planchette
(2015)
Music, Sound Recordist, and Boom Operator
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Sound
Blood of the Tribades
(2016)
Original Music Composer and Sound
Hipster Ghost
(2017)
Music and Sound
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
(2017)
Sound
For a Good Time, Call...
(2017)
Boom Operator and Sound Mixer
Dyin' Ryan
(2017)
Sound
Manos Returns
(2018)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(2018)
Music and Sound
Conspiracy X
(2018)
Music and Sound
Trashsploitation
(2018)
Music
2 Die For
(2018)
Music
A Taste of Phobia
(2018)
Music and Sound
Dept. of Reincarnation
(2018)
Sound
Clickbait
(2019)
Original Music Composer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Half-Cocked
(2019)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Re-Home
(2019)
Sound Recordist and Boom Operator
Eagle Rock
(2019)
Sound Mixer
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
(2019)
Sound
Pride
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Darling Pet Monkey
(2020)
Sound Recordist and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
7 Sins
(2020)
Music
Meat Friend
(2022)
Sound
Memento Mori
(2022)
Sound Designer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Sound
Writing
Ten
(2014)
Writer
Magnetic
(2015)
Writer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Writer
Blood of the Tribades
(2016)
Writer
The Blood Is the Life
(2016)
Writer
Hipster Ghost
(2017)
Writer
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(2018)
Writer
A Taste of Phobia
(2018)
Writer
Clickbait
(2019)
Writer
The Dial Tone of Doom
(2019)
Writer
Pride
(2020)
Writer
7 Sins
(2020)
Writer
Bloodhound
(2020)
Writer
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(2021)
Writer
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
(2021)
Writer
The Once and Future Smash
(2022)
Writer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Writer
Production
Ten
(2014)
Producer
Bring Us Your Women
(2015)
Producer
Magnetic
(2015)
Producer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Producer
Blood of the Tribades
(2016)
Producer and Executive Producer
The Blood Is the Life
(2016)
Producer
Hipster Ghost
(2017)
Producer
2 Die For
(2018)
Producer
Half-Cocked
(2019)
Producer
Clickbait
(2019)
Producer
Shiny Diamonds
(2020)
Producer
Darling Pet Monkey
(2020)
Producer
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
(2021)
Producer
The Once and Future Smash
(2022)
Producer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Producer
Camera
Gay Jesus
(2015)
Camera Operator
The Ungovernable Force
(2015)
Camera Operator and Assistant Camera
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Director of Photography
The Blood Is the Life
(2016)
Director of Photography
Blood of the Tribades
(2016)
Director of Photography
The Streets Run Red
(2017)
Camera Operator
Glossary of Broken Dreams
(2018)
Camera Operator
2 Die For
(2018)
Director of Photography
Trashsploitation
(2018)
Director of Photography
Dept. of Reincarnation
(2018)
Camera Operator
Clickbait
(2019)
Camera Operator
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
(2019)
Camera Operator
Tea Time
(2020)
Camera Operator
Craving
(2023)
Camera Operator
Crew
Planchette
(2015)
Cinematography
Thirteen
(2016)
Cinematography
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(2018)
Cinematography
Conspiracy X
(2018)
Cinematography
The Dial Tone of Doom
(2019)
Cinematography
Dirty D: Jelly
(2019)
Cinematography
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Post Production Supervisor
Editing
For the Love of Metamorphosis
(2015)
Editor
Blood of the Tribades
(2016)
Editor
The Blood Is the Life
(2016)
Editor
Hipster Ghost
(2017)
Editor
Conspiracy X
(2018)
Editor
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
(2018)
Editor
A Taste of Phobia
(2018)
Editor
Dept. of Reincarnation
(2018)
Editor
The Obliteration of the Chickens
(2019)
Editor
The Dial Tone of Doom
(2019)
Editor
Dirty D: Jelly
(2019)
Editor
Pride
(2020)
Editor
Disco Graveyard
(2020)
Editor
Consider the Titanic
(2020)
Editor
7 Sins
(2020)
Editor
Bloodhound
(2020)
Editor
Meat Friend
(2022)
Editor
Memento Mori
(2022)
Editor
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
(2022)
Editor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Editor
Kill Dolly Kill
(2023)
Additional Editing
Visual Effects
Hipster Ghost
(2017)
Visual Effects
Meat Friend
(2022)
Visual Effects
Fat Fleshy Fingers
(2023)
Visual Effects
Lighting