Director

H.P. Mendoza

March 13, 1977 · San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Often works with

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L.A. Renigen
4 titles together
Fruit Fly, Bitter Melon, The Secret Art of Human Flight
Lucy DeVito
2 titles together
The Secret Art of Human Flight, It's Not Real
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Anna Ishida
2 titles together
I Am a Ghost, Bitter Melon
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Ryan Morales
2 titles together
Fruit Fly, Bitter Melon
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Sohr Picart
2 titles together
Fruit Fly, Bitter Melon

Full filmography · 10

The Secret Art of Human Flight
Director
2024
It's Not Real
as Henry
2023
Attack, Decay, Release
Director
2021
Eat the Rainbow
cast
2019
Bitter Melon
Director and Writer
2018
Superpowerless
as Sam 'Liberty Boy' Ferrer
2016
I Am a Ghost
Director and Writer
20125.2
PIA
as Cop
2010
Fruit Fly
cast and Director and Writer
2009
Colma: The Musical
as Rodel
2006