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Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
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.







Best Writing
Final Transmissions

Best Performance
7 Sins

Best Writing
Backwoods Blood Feud

Best Performance
Disco Graveyard

Best Performance
Gay Jesus