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E. Elias Merhige

E. Elias Merhige

Known For Directing
Birthday Jun 14, 1964 (61)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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). 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 He regards literature and drama as once-needed forms which are past their time and which have been superseded by film.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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Begotten

Begotten

1991

Screenplay, Director of Photography

Polia & Blastema

Polia & Blastema

2022

Director

Din of Celestial Birds

Din of Celestial Birds

2006

Director

Suspect Zero

Suspect Zero

2004

Director

Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

2000

Director

Begotten

Begotten

1991

Director

Din of Celestial Birds

Din of Celestial Birds

2006

Producer

Suspect Zero

Suspect Zero

2004

Producer

Begotten

Begotten

1991

Producer

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