Michael J. Epstein is a Los-Angeles-based filmmaker, musician, and writer. He has written, directed, and produced three horror and sci-fi feature films in collaboration with his wife, Sophia Cacciola. Their films and music have won numerous festival awards and have been featured by such outlets as TIME, USAToday, SPIN, Curve, Starburst, Famous Monsters, Sci-Fi, and Fangoria. He will probably just keep making genre films until they let him write for Star Trek.
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