- Mike Cuenca is a Cuban-American filmmaker, writer, editor, producer, composer, and musician known for his independent, self-financed approach to filmmaking. His feature films include Watch Them Come Blood, Boys About Town, In The Ditch, I'll Be Around, Odium For Ardor, and Like A Dirty French Novel.
Cuenca has developed a reputation for creating films outside the traditional studio system using non actors, small crews, and DIY production methods. His long running film series "Boys About Town" was developed over several years with a collective of collaborators across Los Angeles.
In addition to his filmmaking work, Cuenca serves as a video producer for the American Cinematheque. His screenplay "So Goes the Night" was a finalist in the 2020 American Zoetrope screenplay competition.
- IMDb mini biography by: Blvd. Du Cinema
- Race / EthnicityHispanic / Latino / Latina / Latine
- Nihilistic or rebellious characters
- Lou Reed references
- Stories set in the fictional cities of Petropolis, Holwenstall, and East Merrow
- Character looking into a mirror
- Frequent use of actors dubbed "The Waysiders"
- The Waysiders, a cast and crew of regulars whom Cuenca has used in his films, shorts, and music videos. The term comes from his second film ''By the Wayside'' and includes actors Joey Halter, Julie Pepin, Zach Block, Brittany Samson, Dan Rojay, Paul Elia, Frank Agnew, and cinematographers Jessica Gallant and Amberlie Bankoff.
- The youngest of two full-blooded siblings and two additional half-brothers.
- Cuenca's first production attempt was the incomplete ''Scenes from Oblivion'', a film showcasing a culture-clash between two Cuban-American teens. Cuenca wrote, directed, and edited the short film using funds saved from working in record shops and vintage clothing stores as a teen. The short inspired 'Oblivion'', a spin-off web series concentrating on many of its supporting characters.
- Has a dark alternative band called Some Daggers Wear and is the frontman and principle songwriter for Dignitary.
- Cuenca's work is set in a cinematic universe dubbed the 'Blvd Du U', named after his production company Blvd Du Cinema. Various connections include:.
- I'd like anyone who approaches my stories to know that they're all a labor of love, and that lots of compromises were made to be able to complete them. They are as good as they can be under the circumstances (aka having no money), considering that I also wear lots of hats. So be kind, rewind, and give them a couple-gos from various perspectives.
- We, as human beings, all can be neurotic, all have fears, all have fallen in love or have our share of disappointments, it's not just segregated to one color of skin or race or sexual orientation. It's important to diversify to educate and blur the lines... this illusion that's been created around us.
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