H.P. Mendoza
Biography
H. P. Mendoza (born 13 March 1977, San Francisco, California) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He is best known for his micro-budget work as screenwriter, composer and lyricist on Colma: The Musical (2006) which was placed in the Los Angeles Times Top 20 Best Asian American Films List, as well as his follow-up musical and directorial debut, Fruit Fly (2010). After writing and directing the 2012 film I Am a Ghost, Mendoza was inducted into the 2012 Essential SF by San Francisco Film Society. In 2017, he was a resident of the San Francisco Filmhouse for his screenplay, Bitter Melon, which was released by Gravitas Ventures and ABS-CBN. Description above from the Wikipedia article H.P. Mendoza, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Filipina performance artist Bethesda moves into an art commune to search for her long missing biological mother. Along the way, she comes to realize that she just might be a fairy princess, fruit fly.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Cop
Can an android have feelings? Can true love be resurrected through technology after death? When a family in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, the family is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Sam 'Liberty Boy' Ferrer
A superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Rodel
Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel live in Colma, just south of San Francisco. After graduating from high school, the trio are having too much fun doing nothing or crashing college parties, but newfound revelations and romances force them to assess what to hold onto.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn't look or act like anyone else which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani and together they take on the opposition led by manipulative and unscrupulous realtor Lobelia Gerber.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Henry
Jess wonders whether the creepy incidents in her creaky old apartment are actually happening.