D.J. Mendel

Acting

D.J. Mendel

D.J. Mendel is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director. He has acted frequently in the films of director Hal Hartley.

Known For

Fay GrimFay Grim · 2007
Fay Grim
★ 5.62007
MovieActionComedy
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.
The Book of LifeThe Book of Life · 1998
The Book of Life
★ 6.31998
MovieComedyFantasy
New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.
No Such ThingNo Such Thing · 2002
No Such Thing
★ 6.02002
MovieFantasyDrama
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.
The Girl from MondayThe Girl from Monday · 2005
The Girl from Monday
★ 4.22005
MovieActionComedy
A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.
My AmericaMy America · 2014
My America
2014
MovieDocumentary
21 monologues written by American playwrights form a sort of fractured portrait of the American collective psyche. Ranging from the sad to the hilarious, from the angry to the tentatively celebratory, many of the major and recurrent issues associated with our fraught but beloved union are reconsidered with elegance, wit, brutal honesty, and a little outright insanity.
MeanwhileMeanwhile · 2011
Meanwhile
★ 6.12011
MovieDrama
Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising and he’s written a big fat novel. He’s also a pretty good drummer. But success eludes him. For Joe can’t keep himself from fixing other people’s problems. His own ambitions are constantly interrupted by his willingness and ability to go out of his way for others.
Excerpts from SoonExcerpts from Soon · 2004
Excerpts from Soon
2004
MovieDrama
Excerpts from performances of Hal Hartley's play "Soon", a production inspired by the 1993 events in Waco, Texas involving the religious sect called the Branch Davidians and their collision with the US Federal Government.
The New Math(s)The New Math(s) · 2001
The New Math(s)
★ 5.72001
Movie
This film is the visual component of the multi-media collaboration between the composer Louis Andriessen and Hal Hartley.

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