Michael J. Epstein
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
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.
2025
2024
Actor Self
Hacking at Leaves
Actor Nazi
Solvent
Actor
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Producer
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Cinematography
Slasher Fetish
Director
Fly Route on the Wall
Director
Smash the Competition
Director
Dear Diary
Director
Aerospace Engineering
Director
Open Wide
Director
Blender Memories
2023
Actor Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Actor Attacker
Bloody Bridget
Camera Operator
Craving
Gaffer
Craving
Writer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Visual Effects
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Sound
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Producer
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Editor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Post Production Supervisor
Fat Fleshy Fingers
Assistant Camera
Don't Fuck with Anne Margaret
Editor
Kill Dolly Kill
2022
Actor Repo Man
The Once and Future Smash
Actor Bill
Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter
Actor
In the Dark
Editor
Meat Friend
Sound
Meat Friend
Visual Effects
Meat Friend
Editor
Memento Mori
Sound Designer
Memento Mori
Editor
13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-Fi Horror
Sound
Reel Trouble
Editor
Reel Trouble
Producer
Reel Trouble
Writer
The Once and Future Smash
Producer
The Once and Future Smash
Director
The Once and Future Smash
2021
Actor Juxtapositional Orienting Dimension
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
Actor Metal Guitarist
The Devil's Tail
Actor Himself
Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality
Actor Dave (segment: Mythophilia)
Philia
Actor Keeper of the kettle
The Big Steep
Actor Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Actor Self
Microbudget Marauders 3
Actor Burglar
Sitting Duck
Producer
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Director
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Writer
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
Director
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
Writer
I Thought His Name Was Blarche
2020
Actor Himself
Micro-Budget Marauders 3: Marketing and Distribution
Actor Pentheus
Pride
Actor Pentheus (segment: Pride)
7 Sins
Actor Renfield
Bloodhound
Actor Dewdrop
Brides of Satan
Actor
Dinogore
Actor Mr. Keane (St. Patrick's Day)
Happy Horror Days
Producer
Shiny Diamonds
Editor
Pride
Original Music Composer
Pride
Writer
Pride
Producer
Darling Pet Monkey
Director
Pride
Editor
Disco Graveyard
Editor
Consider the Titanic
Gaffer
Tea Time
Camera Operator
Tea Time
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Darling Pet Monkey
Sound Recordist
Darling Pet Monkey
Director
7 Sins
Editor
7 Sins
Music
7 Sins
Writer
7 Sins
Writer
Bloodhound
Editor
Bloodhound
2019
Actor Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
Clickbait
Actor The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
I Am an Addict
Actor Hooligan
Half-Cocked
Actor
Sugar Off The Button
Actor Inmate Harvey
Merde
Director
Dirty D: Jelly
Cinematography
Dirty D: Jelly
Editor
Dirty D: Jelly
Director
Clickbait
Writer
Clickbait
Camera Operator
Clickbait
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Clickbait
Original Music Composer
Clickbait
Producer
Half-Cocked
Assistant Director
Half-Cocked
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Half-Cocked
Director
Umbilicus Desidero
Director
I Am an Addict
Gaffer
Re-Home
Boom Operator
Re-Home
Sound Recordist
Re-Home
Producer
Clickbait
Editor
The Obliteration of the Chickens
Sound Mixer
Eagle Rock
Director
The Dial Tone of Doom
Writer
The Dial Tone of Doom
Cinematography
The Dial Tone of Doom
Editor
The Dial Tone of Doom
Sound
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
Camera Operator
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
2018
Actor safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Actor Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")
A Taste of Phobia
Actor Dave
Leopard (Part I)
Actor Dave
Leopard (Part II)
Actor DeForest Schbeibi
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Actor Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")
2 Die For
Actor Urinator
Dept. of Reincarnation
Actor couch TV couple
The Shackling
Actor Self
Behind the Force: Making the Streets Run Red
Director of Photography
2 Die For
Director of Photography
Trashsploitation
Director
A Taste of Phobia
Editor
Dept. of Reincarnation
Sound
Dept. of Reincarnation
Camera Operator
Dept. of Reincarnation
Director
Conspiracy X
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Manos Returns
Director
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Editor
A Taste of Phobia
Sound
A Taste of Phobia
Music
A Taste of Phobia
Writer
A Taste of Phobia
Writer
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Editor
Conspiracy X
Sound
Conspiracy X
Cinematography
Conspiracy X
Sound
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Editor
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Music
Conspiracy X
Cinematography
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Music
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
Sound
Leopard (Part II)
Editor
Leopard (Part II)
Editor
Leopard (Part I)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Leopard (Part I)
Director
Trashsploitation
Producer
2 Die For
Music
Trashsploitation
Camera Operator
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Music
2 Die For
2017
Actor Michael
Hipster Ghost
Actor Metal Guitarist
What Metal Girls Are Into
Actor Bill
Swipe Right
Writer
Hipster Ghost
Camera Operator
The Streets Run Red
Director
60 Seconds to Die
Visual Effects
Hipster Ghost
Sound
Hipster Ghost
Editor
Hipster Ghost
Producer
Hipster Ghost
Sound Mixer
For a Good Time, Call...
Boom Operator
For a Good Time, Call...
Music
Hipster Ghost
Sound
The Greatest Question Facing the Future of Science and Robotics
Sound
Dyin' Ryan
2016
Actor Self
The Blood Is the Life
Actor Party Band
Chainsaw Maidens from Hell
Actor Store Clerk
Idioms Origins Volume 1
Actor music
The Blood Is the Life
Actor Bad Guy #1 (segment "John Smith")
Grindsploitation
Actor
PATCH POLYESTER ~ EVIL CLOWN EVIL
Actor Goth band drummer
Weekend Vampire
Actor Pierre Kubiak, Paper Connoisseur
El Loco Nihilismo
Actor Self
Magnetostatic Systems Training Video No. 108: The Making of Magnetic
Director
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
Director of Photography
Blood of the Tribades
Executive Producer
Blood of the Tribades
Director
Blood of the Tribades
Writer
Blood of the Tribades
Original Music Composer
Blood of the Tribades
Editor
Blood of the Tribades
Sound
Blood of the Tribades
Producer
Blood of the Tribades
Sound
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
Camera Operator
Party Time: The Music of Return of the Living Dead
Director
The Blood Is the Life
Director of Photography
The Blood Is the Life
Writer
The Blood Is the Life
Editor
The Blood Is the Life
Producer
The Blood Is the Life
Cinematography
Thirteen
2015
Actor King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
Bring Us Your Women
Actor Killer
Planchette
Actor
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Actor Subject of painting (uncredited)
Magnetic
Actor Patients
Los Locos Dientes
Director of Photography
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Writer
Magnetic
Director
Magnetic
Director
Bring Us Your Women
Sound Mixer
Gay Jesus
Camera Operator
Gay Jesus
Original Music Composer
Magnetic
Assistant Camera
The Ungovernable Force
Sound Editor
The Ungovernable Force
Sound Mixer
Innsmouth
Sound Recordist
Planchette
Boom Operator
Innsmouth
Boom Operator
The Ungovernable Force
Sound Mixer
The Ungovernable Force
Camera Operator
The Ungovernable Force
Music
Planchette
Cinematography
Planchette
Boom Operator
Planchette
Producer
Magnetic
Producer
Bring Us Your Women
Producer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Director
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Editor
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Writer
For the Love of Metamorphosis
Sound
For the Love of Metamorphosis
