E. Elias Merhige

Director

E. Elias Merhige

Born June 14, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, USA9 films

Edmund Elias Merhige (born June 14, 1964) is an American film director best known to mainstream audiences for the black comedy horror film "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000), and to underground audiences for the surrealist horror cult classic "Begotten" (1989).

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As he says in his audio commentary to the Shadow of the Vampire DVD, Merhige views cinema as the only meaningful art form of the present era. He regards literature and drama as once-needed forms which are past their time and which have been superseded by film. He is also very interested in the occult and the paranormal, and images and themes derived from these traditions suffuse his films.

Born in Brooklyn, Merhige currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Shadow of the Vampire posterFirst watchShadow of the Vampire20006.7Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."View film

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Begotten poster6.0Begotten1991Suspect Zero poster5.6Suspect Zero2004

Filmography

9 films as director
  1. TBAHowlDirector
  2. 2023The Begotten CycleDirector
  3. 2022Polia & BlastemaDirector
  4. 2006Din of Celestial BirdsDirector
  5. 2004Marilyn Manson: Lest We ForgetDirector
  6. 2004Suspect ZeroDirector
  7. 2000Shadow of the VampireDirector
  8. 1999Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TVDirector
  9. 1991BegottenDirector