H.P. Mendoza
Directing
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
In 1982, a Texas University student, curious about the male sex fantasies he's been having, decides he needs to hook up with an out gay student on campus.
Longhorns
In the wake of a tragedy, a grieving widower turns to a mysterious self help book from the dark web written by an eccentric guru, which promises to unlock the power to fly.
The Secret Art of Human Flight
During the end of the world, two best friends walk around their city, talking about their sex lives, and one of them reveals they are still a virgin.
Velociraptor
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.
PIA
A couple confronts the true meaning of love, sex, and honesty.
Yes, We're Open
A superhero loses his powers shortly after turning forty and must adjust to his new life.
Superpowerless
Emily, a troubled spirit, haunts her own house every day, wondering why she can't leave. With the help of Sylvia, a clairvoyant hired to rid the house of spirits, Emily is forced into a 'patient/therapist' relationship, uncovering disturbing mysteries about her past that may help her move on to 'the next place
I Am a Ghost
When a Filipino-American family reunites for a Christmas party, the holiday takes a dark turn when they conspire to murder the abusive bully of the family.
Bitter Melon
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.
Colma: The Musical
Thibodeaux, a young gay San Franciscan, yearns to reject his parents' hedonistic ways. But when his emerging sexual desires repeatedly get the better of him, he conjures up twisted, self-repressive rationalizations that threaten to drive away his friends and the hunky, mythic man of his dreams.
A Lower Power
Jess wonders whether the creepy incidents in her creaky old apartment are actually happening.
It's Not Real
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.
Fruit Fly
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.
Eat the Rainbow
A sci-fi musical chronicling the migration of humans to the moon after Earth is ravaged by a deadly pandemic, told in 18 songs across three split screens.