Directing
Michael J. Epstein
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.
Directing (35)
Final Transmissions2026 · Director
Dear Diary: An Interview with Neal Jones
Dear Diary: An Interview with Neal Jones2024 · Director
Aerospace Engineering: An Interview with AJ Cutler
Aerospace Engineering: An Interview with AJ Cutler2024 · Director
Smash the Competition: An Interview with Michael St. Michaels
Smash the Competition: An Interview with Michael St. Michaels2024 · Director
Blender Memories: The End Zone 2 Interviews
Blender Memories: The End Zone 2 Interviews2024 · Director
Fly Route on the Wall: Behind the Scenes of End Zone 2
Fly Route on the Wall: Behind the Scenes of End Zone 22024 · Director
American Terror Tales 3
American Terror Tales 32024 · director
Open Wide2024 · Director
The Once and Future Smash
The Once and Future Smash2022 · Director
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021 · Director
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
I Thought His Name Was Blarche2021 · Director
Murderous Space F************
Murderous Space F************2020 · Director
Umbilicus Desidero
Umbilicus Desidero2019 · Director
Clickbait
Clickbait2019 · Director
60 Seconds to Die2017 · Director
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: Episode 17 Fall Out
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: Episode 17 Fall Out2017 · Director
The Blood Is the Life
The Blood Is the Life2017 · Director
Blood of the Tribades
Blood of the Tribades2016 · Director
El Loco Nihilismo
El Loco Nihilismo2016 · Director
Los Locos Dientes
Los Locos Dientes2015 · Director
Magnetic
Magnetic2015 · Director
For the Love of Metamorphosis
For the Love of Metamorphosis2015 · Director
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: I'm the One Who's Dead
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: I'm the One Who's Dead2014 · Director
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: Episode 15 - The Girl Who Was Death
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: Episode 15 - The Girl Who Was Death2014 · Director
Ten
Ten2014 · Director
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN2014 · Director
La Loca Boca
La Loca Boca2014 · Director
El Loco Ojo
El Loco Ojo2013 · Director
Wake No More
Wake No More2013 · Director
A Brief History of Flight
A Brief History of Flight2012 · Director
Los Locos Manos
Los Locos Manos2012 · Director
The Dolphinspiracy
The Dolphinspiracy2012 · Director
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature2012 · Director
End Zone 2
End Zone 21970 · director
End Zone
End Zone1965 · director
Crew (137)
All for Tomorrow
All for Tomorrow2027 · editor
Final Transmissions2026 · Sound Recordist
Final Transmissions2026 · Sound Mixer
Final Transmissions2026 · Editor
Final Transmissions2026 · Producer
Robot Dracula
Robot Dracula2026 · Editor
Bite School 2
Bite School 22025 · Editor
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes2025 · Editor
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other2025 · producer
Dear Diary: An Interview with Neal Jones
Dear Diary: An Interview with Neal Jones2024 · Editor
Aerospace Engineering: An Interview with AJ Cutler
Aerospace Engineering: An Interview with AJ Cutler2024 · Editor
Smash the Competition: An Interview with Michael St. Michaels
Smash the Competition: An Interview with Michael St. Michaels2024 · Editor
Blender Memories: The End Zone 2 Interviews
Blender Memories: The End Zone 2 Interviews2024 · Editor
Fly Route on the Wall: Behind the Scenes of End Zone 2
Fly Route on the Wall: Behind the Scenes of End Zone 22024 · Editor
Psycho Ape: Part II - The Wrath of Kong
Psycho Ape: Part II - The Wrath of Kong2024 · producer
Slasher Fetish
Slasher Fetish2024 · Director of Photography
Mother Goose's ScaryTales
Mother Goose's ScaryTales2024 · producer
American Terror Tales 3
American Terror Tales 32024 · segment cinematographer: The Dial Tone of Doom
American Terror Tales 3
American Terror Tales 32024 · editor
Travelin' Time
Travelin' Time2024 · second cinematographer
Kill Dolly Kill
Kill Dolly Kill2023 · Editor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Fat Fleshy Fingers2023 · producer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Fat Fleshy Fingers2023 · editor
Meat Friend
Meat Friend2022 · Editor
The Once and Future Smash
The Once and Future Smash2022 · producer
Reel Trouble
Reel Trouble2022 · Editor
Reel Trouble
Reel Trouble2022 · producer
Bring Us Your Women: Medusa
Bring Us Your Women: Medusa2021 · Editor
Bring Us Your Women: Medusa
Bring Us Your Women: Medusa2021 · Director of Photography
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021 · producer
The Big Steep
The Big Steep2021 · Editor
Philia
Philia2021 · editor
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
I Thought His Name Was Blarche2021 · Editor
Philia
Philia2021 · producer
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
I Thought His Name Was Blarche2021 · Director of Photography
Sitting Duck
Sitting Duck2021 · producer
Murderous Space F************
Murderous Space F************2020 · Editor
Disco Graveyard2020 · Editor
Shiny Diamonds
Shiny Diamonds2020 · producer
Shiny Diamonds
Shiny Diamonds2020 · Original Music Composer
Shiny Diamonds
Shiny Diamonds2020 · Editor
Darling Pet Monkey
Darling Pet Monkey2020 · producer
Consider the Titanic
Consider the Titanic2020 · Editor
Milksoda: The Sodamilk Fan
Milksoda: The Sodamilk Fan2020 · Director of Photography
Milksoda: The Sodamilk Fan
Milksoda: The Sodamilk Fan2020 · Editor
I Am an Addict
I Am an Addict2019 · composer
I Am an Addict
I Am an Addict2019 · editor
The Obliteration of the Chickens
The Obliteration of the Chickens2019 · Editor
Umbilicus Desidero
Umbilicus Desidero2019 · Editor
Umbilicus Desidero
Umbilicus Desidero2019 · producer
Clickbait
Clickbait2019 · producer
Clickbait
Clickbait2019 · Original Music Composer
Clickbait
Clickbait2019 · Editor
Half-Cocked
Half-Cocked2019 · producer
Dept. of Reincarnation
Dept. of Reincarnation2018 · Editor
A Taste of Phobia
A Taste of Phobia2018 · editor
Trashsploitation
Trashsploitation2018 · composer
Trashsploitation
Trashsploitation2018 · cinematographer
Conspiracy X
Conspiracy X2018 · cinematographer
2 Die For
2 Die For2018 · composer
… and 77 more
Acting (53)
The Ringing
The Ringing2026 · Jack
Final Transmissions2026 · Alien
Bradlee
Bradlee2025 · Man in Photo
Spandex-orcist
Spandex-orcist2025 · Rick Rockwell
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special2024 · Darling Pet Munkee singer
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special
The Pillow Fright Halloween Special2024 · Skeleton band member
Fly Route on the Wall: Behind the Scenes of End Zone 2
Fly Route on the Wall: Behind the Scenes of End Zone 22024 · Self
Mother Goose's ScaryTales
Mother Goose's ScaryTales2024 · Burglar
Mother Goose's ScaryTales
Mother Goose's ScaryTales2024 · Hooligan (segment: Sitting Duck) (segment: Half-Cocked)
Bigfoot Isn't Real
Bigfoot Isn't Real2024 · Self
House of Ashes
House of Ashes2024 · Donation Pickup Dude
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Fat Fleshy Fingers2023 · Young Grandfather
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Fat Fleshy Fingers2023 · The Mummy (segment: The King of Carrot Flowers)
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter2022 · Bill
Sitting Duck
Sitting Duck2021 · Burglar
Microbudget Marauders 3
Microbudget Marauders 32021 · Self
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021 · Dr. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021 · Dr. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021 · Self
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
I Thought His Name Was Blarche2021 · Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension
Philia
Philia2021 · Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
The Devil's Tail2021 · Metal Guitarist (segment 'What Metal Girls Are Into')
The Big Steep
The Big Steep2021 · Keeper of the kettle
Murderous Space F************
Murderous Space F************2020 · GIF
Sugar Off The Button
Sugar Off The Button2019
Half-Cocked
Half-Cocked2019 · Hooligan
Merde
Merde2019 · Inmate Harvey
The Shackling
The Shackling2018 · couch TV couple
You are not so beggar
You are not so beggar2018
Leopard (Part I)
Leopard (Part I)2018 · Dave
Dept. of Reincarnation
Dept. of Reincarnation2018 · Urinator
Leopard (Part II)
Leopard (Part II)2018 · Dave
Hipster Ghost
Hipster Ghost2017 · Michael
Idioms Origins Volume 1
Idioms Origins Volume 12016 · Store Clerk
Weekend Vampire
Weekend Vampire2016 · Goth band drummer
El Loco Nihilismo
El Loco Nihilismo2016 · Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
Planchette
Planchette2015 · Killer
Los Locos Dientes
Los Locos Dientes2015 · Patients
Bring Us Your Women
Bring Us Your Women2015 · King Solomon (segment: Queen of Sheba)
Magnetic
Magnetic2015 · Subject of painting
For the Love of Metamorphosis
For the Love of Metamorphosis2015
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN
A Trip to Spektor Island: Behind-the-Scenes of TEN2014 · Self
El Loco Ojo
El Loco Ojo2013 · Subject of Painting
El Loco Ojo
El Loco Ojo2013 · Number 6
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: Amylee2013 · Animated band member
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature2012 · Dirt Thief
Los Locos Manos
Los Locos Manos2012 · Subject of Painting
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: First We Take Manhattan
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: First We Take Manhattan2011 · Agent
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: Episode 1 - Arrival
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: Episode 1 - Arrival2011 · Number 2
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth2005 · Alien Horde
End Zone 2
End Zone 21970 · Smash-Mouth
Padre Morte
Padre MorteIron Spine
Our Man Funk
Our Man FunkManny
Writing (26)
Robot Dracula
Robot Dracula2026 · Writer
Final Transmissions2026 · Writer
Backwoods Blood Feud2025 · Writer
Bite School 2
Bite School 22025 · Writer
American Terror Tales 3
American Terror Tales 32024 · writer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Fat Fleshy Fingers2023 · writer
The Once and Future Smash
The Once and Future Smash2022 · Writer
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021 · Writer
The Big Steep
The Big Steep2021 · Writer
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
I Thought His Name Was Blarche2021 · Writer
Murderous Space F************
Murderous Space F************2020 · Writer
I Am an Addict
I Am an Addict2019 · writer
Clickbait
Clickbait2019 · Writer
Conspiracy X
Conspiracy X2018 · creator
Hipster Ghost
Hipster Ghost2017 · Writer
The Blood Is the Life
The Blood Is the Life2017 · Writer
Blood of the Tribades
Blood of the Tribades2016 · Writer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
For the Love of Metamorphosis2015 · Writer
Magnetic
Magnetic2015 · Writer
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: I'm the One Who's Dead
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library: I'm the One Who's Dead2014 · Writer
Ten
Ten2014 · Writer
The Dolphinspiracy
The Dolphinspiracy2012 · Writer
A Brief History of Flight
A Brief History of Flight2012 · story
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature
Darling Pet Munkee Presents: Creature Double Feature2012 · writer
End Zone 2
End Zone 21970 · characters
End Zone
End Zone1965 · writer