Who is Ted V. Mikels?

American filmmaker Ted V. Mikels holds a unique position as one of the most unconventional directors of exploitation cinema. Famous for his eccentric home life (he once lived with a harem in a castle with secret passageways) and promotional gimmicks (he was known for having nurses and ambulances on hand to assist "scared-to-death" moviegoers), Mikels is now considered a pioneering master of low-budget movie making.

Examples of Mikels' influence can be seen everywhere: from music (punk band The Misfits wrote a tribute song called "The Astro-Zombies"), to Mikels' film The Doll Squad being the template for the television series Charlie's Angels, to inspiring the look of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.

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• Kevin Sean Michaels - Director, Producer

  

  Kevin Sean Michaels is a visual artist, actor, lecturer, filmmaker and producer based in New York City. His first documentary was the award-winning Vampira: The Movie, which features interviews with Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, Sid Haig, Julie Strain, Kevin Eastman . . . read more

• Theodora Michaels - legal

  Theodora K. Michaels has been working in the music industry since 1987, and in the film industry since 1995. She and her husband, Kevin Sean Michaels, co-own VAMP Productions . . . read more

  
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• Ramzi Abed - camera operator

• Alexia Anastasio - camera operator

• Christopher Wayne Curry - writer of narration

• Mike Gaiss - logo animation

• Ari Lehman - composer

  

  A native New Yorker, Ari grew up in Westport, CT, where he was trained in classical music and jazz piano by Gay Mehegan, a professional jazz pianist well-known for her unique use of voicings and harmony on the instrument. Recognized at an early age for his musical abilities . . . read more

• William D. McDonald - camera operator

• Ted V. Mikels - camera operator

• Terrence Smith - editor, title logo design

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