H.P. Mendoza

H.P. Mendoza is a Filipino-American filmmaker and artist best known for his work as screenwriter, composer and lyricist on COLMA: THE MUSICAL (2006), as well as his art-house horror film, I AM A GHOST (2014) called “H.P. Mendoza’s objet d’art” by Variety Magazine. After his directorial debut FRUIT FLY (2009), David Lamble of the San Francisco Bay Area Reporter dubbed Mendoza “San Francisco’s queer cinema poet”. In 2012, Mendoza was inducted into Essential SF by the San Francisco Film Society which supported his Filipino-American dramedy BITTER MELON (2018) placing on over a dozen Top 10 lists after its theatrical run in December of 2018 and was hailed as one of the “20 Best Bay Area Films of the Decade” by the Mercury News. Along with his feature films, Mendoza is also known for his music and art installations including the touring screening of his experimental visual album, ATTACK, DECAY, RELEASE commissioned by The Svane Family Foundation, winner of the 2022 Grand Jury Prize at the Tallgrass Film Festival. Mendoza is the 2024 recipient of the Marlon Riggs Award, given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. After world premiering The Secret Art of Human Flight at Tribeca 2023, Mendoza won the 2023 Best Director award at the Ouray International Film Festival where he also won the 2025 Grand Jury Award for his Filipino American omnibus film, The Daydream Believers.