Mende, Roger

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Mende, Roger

PERSONAL

Career:

Producer, director, cinematographer, lighting director, sound effects technician, and writer.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

Bialy smok (also known as The Legend of the White Horse and White Dragon), Film Polski, 1987.

The Puzzle in the Air, TRLT Productions/Vine Entertainment, 1999.

Seamless: Kidz Rule (also known as Seamless), Tri Vision Entertainment, 1999.

The Donor, RGH/Lions Share Pictures, 2000.

Or Forever Hold Your Peace, Never Grow Old Productions, 2000.

The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Asylum/Vanguard Cinema, 2001.

Co-executive producer, Edmond, First Independent Pictures, 2005.

Something's Wrong in Kansas, Gibraltar Films/Beyond Reach Entertainment, 2008.

Film Producer:

Associate producer, Burnout, Crown International Pictures, 1979.

Coproducer, Movies Money Murder (also known as Breaking Up with Paul), 1996.

Coproducer, Nineball, 1996.

Coproducer, Hybrid, American Independent/Royal Oaks Entertainment, 1997.

Light Speed, Santelmo Entertainment, 1998.

The Brainiacs.com, PorchLight Entertainment, 2000.

Down 'n Dirty, Golden Lion Productions/Po' Boy Productions, 2000.

Naked with Loons, G.L. Entertainment/New Park Picture Works, 2000.

A Light in the Forest, RGH/Lions Share Pictures, 2002.

Coproducer, Black Ball (also known as Full Circle), Cargo Films, 2003.

Coproducer, Tapped Out, Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

The Entrepreneurs (also known as Just One Look and The $cheme), Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Frost, Shoreline Entertainment, 2004.

Venus on the Halfshell (also known as A Little Deception), KOAN, 2005.

Money to Burn, La Vie en Rose, 2008.

Worked on other projects.

Film Director:

Open Fire (also known as Escuadron pantera), Highlight Video, 1988.

Light Speed, Santelmo Entertainment, 1998.

Money to Burn, La Vie en Rose, 2008.

Film Second Unit Director:

The Puzzle in the Air, TRLT Productions/Vine Entertainment, 1999.

Tapped Out, Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Frost, Shoreline Entertainment, 2004.

Film Cinematographer:

Going Home, 1997.

Light Speed, Santelmo Entertainment, 1998.

Film Sound Effects Technician:

Cool World (live action and animated), Paramount, 1992.

Army of Darkness (also known as Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3, Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead, Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Evil Dead 3, and The Medieval Dead), Universal, 1993.

Robot Wars (also known as Robot Jox 2: Robot Wars), 1993.

Television Cinematographer; Series:

Worst Case Scenarios, TBS, 2002.

Suspect (also known as MTV's "Suspect" and Suspect: True Crime Stories), MTV, beginning 2002.

Motormouth, VH1, beginning 2004.

Ultimatum, beginning 2004.

Television Lighting Director; Series:

Behind the Music (also known as BtM and VH1's "Behind the Music"), VH1, 1997-2006.

Suspect (also known as MTV's "Suspect" and Suspect: True Crime Stories), MTV, beginning 2002.

Punk'd (also known as Harassment), MTV, beginning 2003.

Bands Reunited, VH1, 2004-2006.

Television Producer and Second Unit Director; Movies:

Malaika (also known as Tons of Trouble), HBO, 1997.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

Bubblegum Babylon, VH1, 2002.

Dashboard Dreams, VH1, 2003.

Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things, VH1, 2003.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Light Speed, Santelmo Entertainment, 1998.

(Author of story) The Brainiacs.com, PorchLight Entertainment, 2000.

Money to Burn, La Vie en Rose, 2008.

Teleplays; Movies:

(Author of additional story) Malaika (also known as Tons of Trouble), HBO, 1997.