Mike Mendez

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 US 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 US In 2002 he produced a documentary for Universal Television and Showtime entitled Masters of Horror featuring interviews with some of the genres most legendary filmmakers In 2006 Mikes 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 Xbox and working on the television series Beavis Butthead Mikes 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