
Kyle Mangione-Smith
Directing
Biography
Kyle Mangione-Smith is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the horror film Compliance (2026).
Known For

Between a lifelong career of playing Santa at private parties, and working a second job as a caretaker for a forgetful sundowner, a working class actor decides to hang up his red suit and make this his final holiday season. On his last day before retirement, a sweet non-binary kid reminds him the spirit of the holiday.
Remember It's Christmas

In the near future, criminals are forced to act in art movies instead of going to jail. Ten years later, a group of theatre students attempt to recreate one of these films.
Mid/Evil Times

As a young hacker challenges the corporation behind Meme—a drug that mines users’ psyches to deliver personalized psychedelic trips and hyper-targeted ads—intersecting stories unfold in strange, fractured rhythms.
In the Glow of Darkness

On the eve of a landmark deal for a major tech startup, they're faced with a sexual assault controversy that threatens to become a PR disaster. As new hire Sam works to contain the fallout, it becomes clear that not all is as it seems, and she quickly finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with a criminal organization taking aim at the company and their investors.
Compliance

A talented young chef struggles to grow her confidence during an intense service at a legendary restaurant on the brink of losing its coveted Michelin star.
Apricot
A couple at the bitter end of a long relationship struggle to deal with a creature who lives in their house and neither of them wants to acknowledge.
Underneath
An experimental horror film.
Out Back, Behind the Shrubs

A young man at the end of his rope seeks to experience transcendence through the ultimate act of submission.
Annihilator
On a lonely road, a couple stops for a troubled hitchhiker.
Jennifer Again

A family in an isolated cabin are visited by a drifter seeking shelter from a winter storm raging through the night.