Michael J. Epstein
BIOGRAPHY
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
Directing
Gender
Male
Also Known As
Michael Epstein
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Hacking at Leaves
2024-04-06Actor
The Once and Future Smash
2022-12-04Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
2021-12-09Actor, Director, Writer
Wake Not the Dead
Actor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
An LA Christmas Story
Actor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
2023-01-12Actor, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Visual Effects, Post Production Supervisor
The Devil's Tail
2021-12-11Actor
Solvent
2024-09-26Actor
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
2022-12-21Actor
Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality
2021-07-07Actor
Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution
2020-12-12Actor
Robot Dracula
Actor
Bloody Bridget
2023-04-22Actor
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
2024-07-01Producer
Bring Us Your Women
2015-02-27Actor, Director, Producer
Clickbait
2019-03-15Actor, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Producer
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
2018-10-31Actor, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound, Music
I Am an Addict
2019-11-16Actor, Director
A Taste of Phobia
2018-05-06Actor, Director, Editor, Music, Sound, Writer
Half-Cocked
2019-08-10Actor, Producer, Assistant Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Worthless
Actor
Leopard (Part I)
2018-09-01Actor, Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Leopard (Part II)
2018-09-01Actor, Editor, Sound
Idioms Origins Volume 1
2016-03-26Actor
Grindsploitation
2016-07-01Actor
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
2016-01-01Actor
Hipster Ghost
2017-04-22Actor, Writer, Producer, Music, Editor, Sound, Visual Effects
What Metal Girls Are Into
2017-10-28Actor
Swipe Right
2017-11-23Actor
Glossary of Broken Dreams
2018-03-16Actor, Camera Operator
The Blood Is the Life
2016-05-21Actor, Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Planchette
2015-06-27Actor, Music, Cinematography, Boom Operator, Sound Recordist
2 Die For
2018-04-09Actor, Director of Photography, Producer, Music
Ten
2014-03-28Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Dept. of Reincarnation
2018-04-20Actor, Editor, Sound, Camera Operator
Sugar Off The Button
2019-06-23
Philia
2021-11-30Actor
Pride
2020-03-06Actor, Original Music Composer, Editor, Writer, Director
PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL
2016-04-12
For the Love of Metamorphosis
2015-02-08Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Sound
7 Sins
2020-07-28Actor, Director, Writer, Music, Editor
The Shackling
2018-09-01Actor
Bloodhound
2020-10-24Actor, Writer, Editor
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
2018-12-12Actor
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
2014-07-01Actor
Uncut
2014-04-29Actor
Weekend Vampire
2016-06-29Actor
Los Locos Manos
2012-05-24Actor
El Loco Ojo
2013-05-09Actor
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
2005-04-12Actor
Fat
2013-09-05Actor
Magnetic
2015-03-29Actor, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
Los Locos Dientes
2015-05-06Actor
El Loco Nihilismo
2016-05-17Actor
Merde
2019-07-12Actor
Happy Horror Days
2020-11-01Actor
Brides of Satan
2020-10-31Actor
Dinogore
2020-03-13
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
2013-06-01Actor
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
2012-10-31Actor
Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic
2016-07-01Actor
In the Dark
2022-06-01
The Big Steep
2021-02-01Actor
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
2021-09-04Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Microbudget Marauders 3
2021-04-29Actor
Sitting Duck
2021-09-03Actor
OnlyFangs
2025-10-18Actor
Bite School 2
2025-04-01Actor, Editor, Writer
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
2024-10-25
Mother Goose's Scary Tales
2024-12-03Actor
Meat Friend
2022-02-18Editor, Sound, Visual Effects
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
2016-10-31Director
Craving
2023-03-01Camera Operator, Gaffer
Memento Mori
2022-07-07Editor, Sound Designer
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
2022-08-01Editor
Blood of the Tribades
2016-03-27Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer, Editor, Sound
Trashsploitation
2018-01-29Director of Photography, Director, Music
Reel Trouble
2022-08-05Producer, Editor, Sound
Dirty D: Jelly
2019-04-26Director, Cinematography, Editor
A Hard Place
2025-01-12Writer
Gay Jesus
2015-12-24Sound Mixer, Camera Operator
The Streets Run Red
2017-08-04Camera Operator
Slasher Fetish
2024-08-01Cinematography
Conspiracy X
2018-10-12Director, Music, Cinematography, Editor, Sound
Fly Route on the Wall
2024-08-01Director
Blender Memories
2024-08-01Director
Dear Diary
2024-08-01Director
Aerospace Engineering
2024-08-01Director
Smash the Competition
2024-08-01Director
Open Wide
2024-08-01Director
Umbilicus Desidero
2019-06-15Director
60 Seconds to Die
2017-12-05Director
Manos Returns
2018-05-04Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Re-Home
2019-06-19Boom Operator, Sound Recordist, Gaffer
Honky Holocaust
2014-01-01Sound Editor
The Ungovernable Force
2015-01-01Sound Editor, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer, Assistant Camera, Camera Operator
Innsmouth
2015-08-19Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
For a Good Time, Call...
2017-04-01Boom Operator, Sound Mixer
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
2017-10-17Sound
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
2016-07-16Sound, Camera Operator
Shiny Diamonds
2020-03-14Producer
The Obliteration of the Chickens
2019-03-24Editor
Eagle Rock
2019-11-29Sound Mixer
Darling Pet Monkey
2020-03-28Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Recordist
Disco Graveyard
2020-05-22Editor
Consider the Titanic
2020-05-28Editor
Tea Time
2020-09-01Camera Operator, Gaffer
Thirteen
2016-05-13Cinematography
The Dial Tone of Doom
2019-10-08Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
2019-10-12Camera Operator, Sound
Dyin' Ryan
2017-02-07Sound
Don't F**k with Anne Margaret
2023-05-22Assistant Camera
Kill Dolly Kill
2023-05-12Editor
American Terror Tales 3
2024-02-21Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
2025-07-18Producer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Camera Operator, Gaffer
Return to Dark City
2025-06-24Sound
Hag
Thanks
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, Gaffer
The Mystery of Emma Thorn
2025-09-27First Assistant Camera, Digital Imaging Technician
Day of the Dad
2025-10-18Second Assistant Camera, Editor, Co-Producer
Tales from the Grave
2017-03-31Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
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