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Michael J. Epstein

Michael J. Epstein

6 movies on Netflix

Biography

Michael J. Epstein is an American filmmaker and musician who also writes and works as an auditory scientist. Born in Smithtown, New York, in 1976 and raised in Stony Brook, he trained as an electrical engineer at Binghamton University and earned a doctorate in that field at Northeastern University in 2004. He taught audiology at Northeastern from 2005 until 2016, studying loudness and auditory physiology, then left to make films full time. Working with Sophia Cacciola, he has directed sociopolitical genre features, among them Magnetic (2015), Clickbait (2019), and The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021), and the pair shared the 2022 Innovation in Film award at Nightmares Film Festival. He also directed A Taste of Phobia and Grindsploitation, and he played in indie bands such as The Motion Sick and Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling.

Movie Career

Films: 6
Career span: 6 years2015 to 2021

Genres

Horror50%, 3 films
Comedy33%, 2 films
Adventure17%, 1 film
Animation17%, 1 film
Drama17%, 1 film

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A change of course
Epstein left his tenured audiology professorship at Northeastern University in 2016 to make films full time, after more than a decade of teaching and research there.
Beyond film
Epstein played guitar and sang in The Motion Sick, which SPIN Magazine featured as band of the month in 2006 and which Boston radio station WFNX named the city's best unsigned band.
Beyond film
Epstein's band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, on which he played bass, took the sixth spot on TIME Magazine's most creative videos of 2011.
Beyond film
Epstein's band The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library served as house band for a three-season run of the franchised Encyclopedia Show and performed an original rock ballet with BalletRox at Dorchester's Strand Theatre.
Beyond film
Epstein created sound collage art as "M-sli©k da ninjA" and took part in The Droplift project, which reverse-shoplifted CDs carrying copyright-violating samples onto store shelves.

Michael J. Epstein movies on Netflix

Microbudget Marauders 32021IMDb rating 7.6as Himself
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021IMDb rating 5.5as Dr. Jenkins…
Clickbait2019IMDb rating 3.7as Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
I Am an Addict2019IMDb rating 4.0as The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
Bring Us Your Women2015IMDb rating 4.7as King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
Magnetic2015IMDb rating 3.9as Subject of painting

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

Clickbait2019 Comedy, Horror, Thrilleras Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
IMDb rating 3.74.9K votes
Magnetic2015 Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fias Subject of painting
IMDb rating 3.91.3K votes
I Am an Addict2019as The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")
IMDb rating 4.0148 votes
Bring Us Your Women2015as King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
IMDb rating 4.765 votes
The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021as Dr. Jenkins…
IMDb rating 5.519 votes
Microbudget Marauders 32021as Himself
IMDb rating 7.616 votes

Most often with

Sophia Cacciola directed three of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

Sophia Cacciola

Seth Chatfield

Jeff Frumess

Catherine Capozzi

Rachel Leah BlumenthalSarah Paterson

Sophia CacciolaDirector, 3 films

Films together

Sophia Cacciola3 films together, 2015 to 2021
Sophia Cacciola's page
- The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021IMDb rating 5.5Epstein as Dr. Jenkins…Cacciola as Bob…
- Clickbait2019IMDb rating 3.7Epstein as Hollywood Juggler, Donald TrumpCacciola as Mrs. Wilson
- Magnetic2015IMDb rating 3.9Epstein as Subject of paintingCacciola as Masked person (body)
Seth Chatfield3 films together, 2019 to 2021
Seth Chatfield's page
- The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021IMDb rating 5.5Epstein as Dr. Jenkins…Chatfield as Dr. Jenkins…
- Clickbait2019IMDb rating 3.7Epstein as Hollywood Juggler, Donald TrumpChatfield as Detective Frank Dobson
- I Am an Addict2019IMDb rating 4.0Epstein as The Pyromaniac (Segment: "Pyromania")Chatfield as The Preacher (Segment: "Pyromania")voice
Jeff Frumess2 films together, 2021
Jeff Frumess's page
- Microbudget Marauders 32021IMDb rating 7.6Epstein as HimselfFrumess as Himself
- The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021IMDb rating 5.5Epstein as Dr. Jenkins…Frumess as Dr. Jenkins / Self
Catherine Capozzi2 films together, 2015 to 2019
Catherine Capozzi's page
- Clickbait2019IMDb rating 3.7Epstein as Hollywood Juggler, Donald TrumpCapozzi as Hollywood magician
- Magnetic2015IMDb rating 3.9Epstein as Subject of paintingCapozzi as Daughters of Ra cult member (body)
Rachel Leah Blumenthal2 films together, 2015 to 2021
Rachel Leah Blumenthal's page
- The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins2021IMDb rating 5.5Epstein as Dr. Jenkins…Blumenthal as Dr. Jenkins…
- Magnetic2015IMDb rating 3.9Epstein as Subject of paintingBlumenthal as Daughters of Ra cult member (body)
Sarah Paterson2 films together, 2015 to 2019
Sarah Paterson's page
- Clickbait2019IMDb rating 3.7Epstein as Hollywood Juggler, Donald TrumpPaterson as Living Statue
- Bring Us Your Women2015IMDb rating 4.7Epstein as King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")Paterson as Arya Tara (segment "Arya Tara")
Sophia CacciolaDirector, 3 films, 2015 to 2019
All films by Sophia Cacciola
- Clickbait2019IMDb rating 3.7Epstein as Hollywood Juggler, Donald Trump
- Bring Us Your Women2015IMDb rating 4.7Epstein as King Solomon (segment "Queen of Sheba")
- Magnetic2015IMDb rating 3.9Epstein as Subject of painting

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