Portrait of Michael J. Epstein

Directing

Michael J. Epstein

Career

Active from 1970 to 2026, with a break from 1971 to 2004, busiest in 2018 with 8 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score42/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Once and Future Smash
The Once and Future Smash
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael J. Epstein Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.1, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.1, average 3.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Catharsis
    3.2, average 5.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Grotesque Imagery 4
  • Cult Film 4
  • Psychological Horror 4
  • Anthology Horror 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Absurdist Humor 3
  • Indie Film 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Dark Humor 3
  • Shock Value 3
  • Darkly Comedic 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

139
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

16 titles
An LA Christmas Story
An LA Christmas Story

as Felix Finklestein

Padre Morte
Padre Morte

as Iron Spine

Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!
Microwave Massacre 2: Undead Leftovers!

as V

All for Tomorrow
All for Tomorrow

as Pete Harlan Double

The Ringing
The Ringing

as Jack

The Legend of Tinker Hell
The Legend of Tinker Hell

as Family member

Wake Not the Dead
Wake Not the Dead

as You Guys

Our Man Funk
Our Man Funk

as Manny

Worthless
Worthless

as Gary

Eidolon
Eidolon

Editor

Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb

Sound Recordist, Camera Operator

I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes
I Feel Really Homesick Sometimes

Editor, Sound Mixer

2020s

66 titles Β· average score 52
Backwoods Blood Feud
Backwoods Blood Feud (2025)
GoodWatch score 46

Writer

Bite School 2
Bite School 2 (2025)

as Reynolds/RoboCock/Bobby Zombert

American Terror Tales 3
American Terror Tales 3 (2024)

Editor, Writer

Mother Goose's Scary Tales
Mother Goose's Scary Tales (2024)

as Burglar (segment: Sitting Duck) / Hooligan (segment: Half-Cocked)

Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong
Psycho Ape!! Part II: The Wrath of Kong (2024)

as Michael J. Epstein

Fat Fleshy Fingers
Fat Fleshy Fingers (2023)

as Young Grandfather (segment: "The King of Carrot Flowers")

Craving
Craving (2023)
GoodWatch score 56

Camera Operator, Gaffer

The Once and Future Smash
The Once and Future Smash (2022)
GoodWatch score 63

as Repo Man

The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021)

as Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self

Philia
Philia (2021)

as Dave (segment: Mythophilia)

7 Sins
7 Sins (2020)

as Pentheus (segment: Pride)

Bloodhound
Bloodhound (2020)

as Renfield

2010s

54 titles Β· average score 43
Clickbait
Clickbait (2019)
GoodWatch score 43

as Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump

I Am an Addict
I Am an Addict (2019)

as The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")

A Taste of Phobia
A Taste of Phobia (2018)
GoodWatch score 35

as Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")

60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2
60 Seconds 2 Die: 60 Seconds to Die 2 (2018)
GoodWatch score 33

as safe cracker (segment: "Poisoned")

Conspiracy X
Conspiracy X (2018)
GoodWatch score 18

Sound, Music

2 Die For
2 Die For (2018)
GoodWatch score 31

as Barista (segment: "With Whip"), Murderer (segment: "Witness")

60 Seconds to Die
60 Seconds to Die (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Blood of the Tribades
Blood of the Tribades (2016)
GoodWatch score 52

Executive Producer, Director of Photography

Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels
Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels (2016)

Director

Magnetic
Magnetic (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Subject of painting (uncredited)

Bring Us Your Women
Bring Us Your Women (2015)

as King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")

Ten
Ten (2014)
GoodWatch score 35

as Subject of painting

2000s

1 title
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth
Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth (2005)

as Alien Horde

1970s

1 title
End Zone 2
End Zone 2 (1970)

as Smash-Mouth

1960s

1 title
End Zone
End Zone (1965)

Producer, Executive Producer