David DeCoteau (born January 5, 1964) is an independent film director, a dual citizen of the US and Canada, who has worked professionally in the movie business since he was 18 years old. He got his start through a generous offer from movie legend Roger Corman, who hired him in 1980 as a production assistant at New World Pictures. In 1986, DeCoteau directed and produced his first feature film, Dreamaniac, for another generous film legend, Charles Band. DeCoteau has gone on to produce and direct over 200 motion pictures over the next several decades. His passion lies in the creation of popular genre programming made for global consumption. DeCoteau's experience in creating content in countries all over the world makes him a proven choice for exceptionally challenging projects. He resides in British Columbia, Canada and Hollywood, California.

Filmography

• 2026A Neighbor to Die For — Director
• 2026Checking Inn for Christmas — Director
• 2026Home Makeover Nightmare — Director
• 2026The Wrong Baby Daddy — Director
• 2026The Wrong Housemaid — Director
• 2025The Christmas Campaign — Director
• 2025The Wrong Marriage — Director
• 2025The Wrong Obsession — Director
• 2024A Nanny to Die For — Director
• 2024Fatal Fixer Upper — Director
• 2024Make or Bake Christmas — Director
• 2024Million Dollar Lethal Listing — Director
• 2024Tall, Dark and Dangerous — Director
• 2024The Wrong Life Coach — Director
• 2023A Christmas Intern — Director
• As Luck Would Have It — Director
• 2023Clownado — Thanks
• 2023Honeymoon in Paradise — Director
• 2023If I Can't Have You — Director
• 2022Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror — Director
• 2022Killer Design — Director
• 2022The Wrong Blind Date — Director
• 2022The Wrong High School Sweetheart — Director
• 2021Deceived by My Mother-In-Law — Director
• Keeping Up with the Joneses — Director
• 2021Mommy's Deadly Con Artist — Director
• 2021The Wrong Cheer Captain — Director
• 2021The Wrong Fiancé — Director
• 2021The Wrong Mr. Right — Director
• 2021The Wrong Prince Charming — Director
• 2021The Wrong Real Estate Agent — Director
• 2021The Wrong Valentine — Director
• 2020A Christmas for Mary — Director
• 2020Christmas Together — Director
• 2020The Wrong Cheerleader Coach — Director
• 2020The Wrong House Sitter — Director
• 2020The Wrong Stepfather — Director
• 2020The Wrong Wedding Planner — Director
• 2019Carole's Christmas — Director
• 2019Christmas Matchmakers — Director
• 2019My Mother's Stalker — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2019The Wrong Boy Next Door — Director
• 2019The Wrong Cheerleader — Director, Producer
• 2019The Wrong Mommy — Director
• 2019The Wrong Stepmother — Director, Producer
• 2019The Wrong Tutor — Producer, Director
• 2019Weedjies! Halloweed Night — Party Guest
• 2019Zombie Lust: Night Flesh — Director
• 2018Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks — Director
• 2018Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre — Director
• 2018Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre — Director
• 2018The Wrong Cruise — Director
• 2018The Wrong Friend — Producer, Director
• 2018The Wrong Teacher — Producer, Director
• 2017A Christmas Cruise — Producer, Director
• 2017A Royal Christmas Ball — Director, Producer
• 2017Blood Dynasty — Executive Producer
• 2017Deadly Lessons — Director, Director of Photography
• 2017Delivering Christmas — Director
• 2017Femaliens: Seduction of the Species — Director
• 2017My Christmas Grandpa — Director, Producer
• 2017Puppet Master: Axis Termination — Flamboyant Nazi #1
• 2017Runaway Christmas Bride — Director
• 2017Swamp Freak — Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
• 2017The Disaster Artist — David DeCoteau (uncredited)
• 2017The Wrong Crush — Producer, Director
• 2017The Wrong Man — Producer, Director
• 2017The Wrong Student — Director, Executive Producer
• 2017Witness Protection — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2016666: Teen Warlock — Director of Photography, Story, Producer
• 2016A Husband for Christmas — Director, Producer
• 2016Asian Ghost Story — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2016Bloody Blacksmith — Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
• 2016Evil Exhumed — Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
• 2016The Wrong Child — Producer, Director
• 2016The Wrong Roommate — Producer, Director
• 201590210 Shark Attack — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2015Evil Bong 420 — David DeCoteau
• 2015Sorority Slaughterhouse — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20143 Scream Queens — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20143 Wicked Witches — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2014666: Devilish Charm — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2014666: Kreepy Kerry — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2014Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper — Writer, Story, Executive Producer, Director, Director of Photography
• 2014Doc Holliday's Revenge — Director, Producer
• 2014Knock 'em Dead — Director, Director of Photography
• 2014Trophy Heads — Juicy Stand Customer
• 2013A Talking Cat!?! — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2013A Talking Pony!?! — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2013An Easter Bunny Puppy — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2013Badass Showdown — Director
• 2013Bonnie & Clyde: Justified — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2013Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft — Director, Director of Photography
• 2013My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2013The Dead Reborn — Director
• 20121313: Bermuda Triangle — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20121313: Bigfoot Island — Director, Story, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20121313: Billy the Kid — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20121313: Cougar Cult — Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20121313: Frankenqueen — Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20121313: Hercules Unbound! — Director, Director of Photography, Producer
• 20121313: Night of the Widow — Director, Writer
• 20121313: UFO Invasion — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20122: Voodoo Academy — Director, Director of Photography
• 2012A Halloween Puppy — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2012Baby Dolls Behind Bars — Camera Operator
• 2012Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2012Santa's Summer House — Director, Cinematography, Director of Photography
• 2012Snow White: A Deadly Summer — Director, Producer
• 20111313: Actor Slash Model — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20111313: Boy Crazies — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20111313: Giant Killer Bees! — Director, Director of Photography
• 20111313: Haunted Frat — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20111313: Nightmare Mansion — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 20111313: Wicked Stepbrother — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 2011Christmas Spirit — Director, Producer
• 2010Body Blow — Story, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
• 2010Puppet Master: Axis of Evil — Director
• 2010The Making of Evil — Director
• 2009Alien Presence — Director
• 2009Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum — Director, Producer
• 2009Nightfall — Director
• 2009Stem Cell — Director
• 2009The Brotherhood V: Alumni — Director
• 2009The Brotherhood VI: Initiation — Director, Producer
• 2009The Invisible Chronicles — Director
• 2008Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher — Director, Producer
• 2008Playing with Fire — Director
• 2007Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven — Director, Story, Producer
• 2007Grizzly Rage — Director
• 2006Beastly Boyz — Director, Story, Producer
• 2005Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! — Director
• 2005Killer Bash — Director, Story
• 2005Possessed — Director
• 2005The Brotherhood IV: The Complex — Director
• 2005Witches of the Caribbean — Director
• 2004Ring of Darkness — Director
• 2004The Sisterhood — Director
• 2004Tomb of Terror — Director
• 2003Leeches! — Franklin (voice), Director, Producer, Story
• 2003Speed Demon — Director, Story, Producer
• 2002The Brotherhood III: Young Demons — Director, Story, Producer
• 2002The Frightening — Director, Producer
• 2002Wolves of Wall Street — Director
• 2001Final Stab — Director, Story, Producer, Foley Artist
• 2001Micro Mini Kids — Director
• 2001The Brotherhood — Director, Producer, Foley Artist
• 2001The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks — Director, Story
• 2000Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2000Horrific — Director
• 2000My Darker Half — Thanks
• 2000Prison of the Dead — Director
• 2000Voodoo Academy — Director
• 1999Retro Puppetmaster — Director
• 1999The Killer Eye — Director, Producer
• 1999Totem — Director
• 1999Videozone: The Making of "Retro Puppet Master" — Director
• 1999Witchouse — Director, Story
• 1998Alien Arsenal — Director
• 1998Curse of the Puppet Master — Director
• 1998Frankenstein Reborn! — Director
• 1998Leather Jacket Love Story — Story, Director
• 1998Shrieker — Director
• 1998Talisman — Director
• 1998Videozone: The Making of "Curse of the Puppet Master" — Director of "Curse of the Puppet Master"
• 1997Absolution — Director
• 1997Lurid Tales: The Castle Queen — Director
• 1997Skeletons — Director
• 1996Bikini Goddesses — Director
• 1996Not Again! — Executive Producer
• 1996Petticoat Planet — Director, Executive Producer
• 1996Prey of the Jaguar — Director
• 1995Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island — Director, Executive Producer
• 1995Blonde Heaven — Director, Executive Producer
• 1995Huntress: Spirit of the Night — Executive Producer
• 1995Prehysteria! 3 — Director
• 1994Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 — Director
• 1993Beach Babes from Beyond — Director
• 1993Naked Instinct — Director, Executive Producer
• 1993The Witching — Thanks
• 1992Chickboxer — Writer
• 1992Humanoids from Atlantis — Executive Producer
• 1992Nightmare Asylum — Executive Producer
• 1992Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge — Director, Producer
• 1992Reanimator Academy — Executive Producer
• 1992Redneck County Fever — Executive Producer
• 1991Beasties — Executive Producer
• 1991Hung Studs 2 — Director
• 1991Shock Cinema: Volume Four — Himself / Director, Executive Producer
• 1991Sorority Babes in the Dance-A-Thon of Death — Executive Producer, Casting
• 1991Steel and Lace — Producer
• 1991Trancers II — Line Producer
• 1991Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III" — Director
• 1991Zombie Cop — Passerby in Car, Executive Producer
• 1990Crash and Burn — ILU Member (uncredited), Producer, Production Manager
• 1990Ghoul School — Executive Producer
• 1990Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout — Executive Producer
• 1990Puppet Master II — Producer
• 1990Skinned Alive — Executive Producer
• 1990The Girl I Want — Director, Executive Producer
• 1989Action U.S.A. — Foley Artist
• 1989American Rampage — Director, Additional Writing
• 1989Assault of the Party Nerds — Executive Producer
• 1989Deadly Embrace — Director, Producer
• 1989Dr. Alien — Director, Producer
• 1989Ghetto Blaster — Producer
• 1989Ghost Writer — Producer
• 1989Men of Action 2 — Director
• 1989Murder Weapon — Director, Executive Producer
• 1989Robot Ninja — Russ Mazzola, Executive Producer
• 1989Zombie Rampage — Executive Producer
• 1988Assault of the Killer Bimbos — Producer
• 1988Lady Avenger — Director, Producer
• 1988Nightmare Sisters — Producer, Director, Second Assistant Director
• 1988Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama — Director, Producer, Production Manager, Wardrobe Supervisor
• 1987Creepozoids — Producer, Writer, Director, Associate Producer
• 1987Little Miss Innocence — Director, Producer, Supervising Editor
• 1986Bad Boys Dormitory — Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
• 1986Boy's Camp Memories — Director
• 1986Dreamaniac — Director, Producer
• 1986Freshman — Director
• 1986Jacqueline — Director
• 1986Male-O-Gram — Director, Screenplay
• 1986Man Heat — Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 1986Men on the Loose — Director, Editor
• 1986Play Safely — Director
• 1986Revenge of the Babes — Director, Editor, Writer
• 1986Revenge of the Babes 2 — Director
• 1986When a Stranger Comes — Director, Editor
• 1985Boys Just Wanna Have Sex — Director, Director of Photography
• 1985Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart — Sound Effects Editor
• 1985Flesh 1995 — Writer
• 1985Fleshtones — Director, Director of Photography
• 1985Getting Off Campus — Director
• 1985Making It Huge — Director, Writer, Editor
• 1985Mansplash — Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
• 1985Men and Steel — Director
• 1985Never Big Enough — Director, Writer
• 1985New Wave Hustlers — Director
• 1985Show & Tell — Director, Director of Photography
• 1985Sounds of Sex — Script
• 1985Totally Awesome — Director
• 1985Tuff Turf — Craft Service
• 1985Working Girls — Director
• 1984Body Scorcher — Director, Writer
• 1984Campus Jocks — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1984Good Men Go Bad — Director
• 1984The French Lieutenant's Boys — Director of Photography
• 1983Cousins — Director of Photography
• 1983Dangerous — Production Assistant
• 1983Doing It — Assistant Director
• 1983Games — Dick McCabe - (non-sexual) (uncredited), Assistant Director
• 1983The Woman in the Room — Grip
• 1982The State of Things — Production Assistant

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2020Tales of the Uncanny — Self
• 2019Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors — Himself
• 2018Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' — Self
• 2017VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary — Self
• 2016Evil Bong: High-5! — Self
• 2014I Am Divine — Self
• 2011Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era — Himself
• 2010Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror — Self
• 2008Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust — Himself
• 1998Creaturealm: From the Dead — Himself
• 1998Hollywood Mortuary — Himself
• 1992Invasion of the Scream Queens — Self
• 1991Shock Cinema: Volume One — Himself
• Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures — Self