David DeCoteau

Known for: Directing
Born: January 5, 1962, Portland, Oregon, USA
Movies: 241

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.

Upcoming David DeCoteau Movies

Checking Inn for Christmas

2026

November 28, 2026

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.1

The Disaster Artist

2017

6.0

Puppet Master II

1990

6.4

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

1992

4.8

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

1988

4.2

Retro Puppetmaster

1999

4.5

Curse of the Puppet Master

1998

5.6

Nightmare Sisters

1988

4.5

Creepozoids

1987

7.3

I Am Divine

2014

4.6

Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

2010

Filmography

2020	Tales of the Uncanny	Self
2019	Weedjies! Halloweed Night	Party Guest
2019	Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors	Himself
2018	Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'	Self
2017	Puppet Master: Axis Termination	Flamboyant Nazi #1
2017	The Disaster Artist	David DeCoteau (uncredited)
2017	VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary	Self
2016	Evil Bong: High-5!	Self
2015	Evil Bong 420	David DeCoteau
2014	Trophy Heads	Juicy Stand Customer
2014	I Am Divine	Self
2011	Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era	Himself
2010	Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror	Self
2008	Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust	Himself
2003	Leeches!	Franklin (voice)
1998	Videozone: The Making of "Curse of the Puppet Master"	Director of "Curse of the Puppet Master"
1998	Creaturealm: From the Dead	Himself
1998	Hollywood Mortuary	Himself
1992	Invasion of the Scream Queens	Self
1991	Zombie Cop	Passerby in Car
1991	Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991	Shock Cinema: Volume One	Himself
1991	Shock Cinema: Volume Four	Himself / Director
1990	Crash and Burn	ILU Member (uncredited)
1989	Robot Ninja	Russ Mazzola
1983	Games	Dick McCabe - (non-sexual) (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2026	Checking Inn for Christmas	Director
2026	The Wrong Housemaid	Director
2026	A Neighbor to Die For	Director
2026	Home Makeover Nightmare	Director
2026	The Wrong Baby Daddy	Director
2025	The Christmas Campaign	Director
2025	The Wrong Marriage	Director
2025	The Wrong Obsession	Director
2024	Make or Bake Christmas	Director
2024	A Nanny to Die For	Director
2024	Fatal Fixer Upper	Director
2024	Million Dollar Lethal Listing	Director
2024	Tall, Dark and Dangerous	Director
2024	The Wrong Life Coach	Director
2023	A Christmas Intern	Director
2023	If I Can't Have You	Director
2023	Honeymoon in Paradise	Director
2022	Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror	Director
2022	Killer Design	Director
2022	The Wrong High School Sweetheart	Director
2022	The Wrong Blind Date	Director
2021	The Wrong Cheer Captain	Director
2021	Mommy's Deadly Con Artist	Director
2021	Deceived by My Mother-In-Law	Director
2021	The Wrong Valentine	Director
2021	The Wrong Prince Charming	Director
2021	The Wrong Mr. Right	Director
2021	The Wrong Fiancé	Director
2021	The Wrong Real Estate Agent	Director
2020	Christmas Together	Director
2020	A Christmas for Mary	Director
2020	The Wrong Cheerleader Coach	Director
2020	The Wrong Stepfather	Director
2020	The Wrong Wedding Planner	Director
2020	The Wrong House Sitter	Director
2019	Christmas Matchmakers	Director
2019	Carole's Christmas	Director
2019	The Wrong Cheerleader	Director, Producer
2019	The Wrong Tutor	Producer, Director
2019	The Wrong Mommy	Director
2019	The Wrong Boy Next Door	Director
2019	The Wrong Stepmother	Director, Producer
2019	My Mother's Stalker	Director, Producer
2019	Zombie Lust: Night Flesh	Director
2018	The Wrong Teacher	Producer, Director
2018	Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks	Director
2018	Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre	Director
2018	Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre	Director
2018	The Wrong Friend	Producer, Director
2018	The Wrong Cruise	Director
2017	The Wrong Man	Producer, Director
2017	A Christmas Cruise	Producer, Director
2017	My Christmas Grandpa	Director, Producer
2017	A Royal Christmas Ball	Director, Producer
2017	Runaway Christmas Bride	Director
2017	Delivering Christmas	Director
2017	Femaliens: Seduction of the Species	Director
2017	The Wrong Crush	Producer, Director
2017	Swamp Freak	Director, Writer
2017	The Wrong Student	Director
2017	Deadly Lessons	Director
2017	Witness Protection	Director, Producer
2016	A Husband for Christmas	Director, Producer
2016	Bloody Blacksmith	Director, Writer
2016	Evil Exhumed	Director, Producer, Writer
2016	Asian Ghost Story	Writer, Director
2016	The Wrong Child	Producer, Director
2016	666: Teen Warlock	Producer, Director
2016	The Wrong Roommate	Producer, Director
2015	Sorority Slaughterhouse	Producer, Director
2015	90210 Shark Attack	Director, Producer
2014	3 Scream Queens	Producer, Director
2014	Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper	Producer, Writer, Director
2014	Knock 'em Dead	Director
2014	Doc Holliday's Revenge	Director, Producer
2014	666: Devilish Charm	Director, Producer
2014	666: Kreepy Kerry	Director, Producer
2014	3 Wicked Witches	Director, Producer
2013	Bonnie & Clyde: Justified	Director, Producer
2013	My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!	Director, Producer
2013	A Talking Pony!?!	Director, Producer
2013	The Dead Reborn	Director
2013	Badass Showdown	Director
2013	An Easter Bunny Puppy	Director, Producer
2013	A Talking Cat!?!	Director, Producer
2013	Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft	Director
2012	Santa's Summer House	Director
2012	Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night	Director, Producer
2012	A Halloween Puppy	Director, Producer
2012	2: Voodoo Academy	Director
2012	1313: Frankenqueen	Writer, Producer, Director
2012	1313: Night of the Widow	Writer, Director
2012	1313: Hercules Unbound!	Director, Producer
2012	1313: Billy the Kid	Director, Producer
2012	1313: Bermuda Triangle	Director, Producer
2012	1313: UFO Invasion	Director, Producer
2012	Snow White: A Deadly Summer	Director, Producer
2012	1313: Cougar Cult	Director, Writer, Producer
2012	1313: Bigfoot Island	Director, Producer
2011	Christmas Spirit	Director, Producer
2011	1313: Wicked Stepbrother	Director, Producer
2011	1313: Boy Crazies	Director, Producer
2011	1313: Actor Slash Model	Producer, Director
2011	1313: Haunted Frat	Director, Producer
2011	1313: Giant Killer Bees!	Director
2011	1313: Nightmare Mansion	Director, Producer
2010	Body Blow	Producer, Director
2010	The Making of Evil	Director
2010	Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil	Director
2009	The Invisible Chronicles	Director
2009	Nightfall	Director
2009	Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum	Director, Producer
2009	Stem Cell	Director
2009	Alien Presence	Director
2009	The Brotherhood VI: Initiation	Producer, Director
2009	The Brotherhood V: Alumni	Director
2008	Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher	Director, Producer
2008	Playing with Fire	Director
2007	Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven	Producer, Director
2007	Grizzly Rage	Director
2006	Beastly Boyz	Director, Producer
2005	Witches of the Caribbean	Director
2005	Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!	Director
2005	Killer Bash	Director
2005	The Brotherhood IV: The Complex	Director
2005	Possessed	Director
2004	The Sisterhood	Director
2004	Tomb of Terror	Director
2004	Ring of Darkness	Director
2003	Speed Demon	Director, Producer
2003	Leeches!	Director, Producer
2002	Wolves of Wall Street	Director
2002	The Brotherhood III: Young Demons	Director, Producer
2002	The Frightening	Director, Producer
2001	The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks	Director
2001	Final Stab	Director, Producer
2001	The Brotherhood	Director, Producer
2001	Micro Mini Kids	Director
2000	Prison of the Dead	Director
2000	Voodoo Academy	Director
2000	Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy	Director, Producer, Writer
2000	Horrific	Director
1999	Retro Puppetmaster	Director
1999	Totem	Director
1999	Witchouse	Director
1999	The Killer Eye	Director, Producer
1999	Videozone: The Making of "Retro Puppet Master"	Director
1998	Alien Arsenal	Director
1998	Frankenstein Reborn!	Director
1998	Talisman	Director
1998	Curse of the Puppet Master	Director
1998	Videozone: The Making of "Curse of the Puppet Master"	Director
1998	Shrieker	Director
1998	Leather Jacket Love Story	Director
1997	Lurid Tales: The Castle Queen	Director
1997	Absolution	Director
1997	Skeletons	Director
1996	Petticoat Planet	Director
1996	Prey of the Jaguar	Director
1996	Bikini Goddesses	Director
1995	Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island	Director
1995	Blonde Heaven	Director
1995	Prehysteria! 3	Director
1994	Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000	Director
1993	Beach Babes from Beyond	Director
1993	Naked Instinct	Director
1992	Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge	Producer, Director
1992	Chickboxer	Writer
1991	Steel and Lace	Producer
1991	Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"	Director
1991	Hung Studs 2	Director
1990	The Girl I Want	Director
1990	The Ghost Writer	Producer
1990	Crash and Burn	Producer
1990	Puppet Master II	Producer
1989	Ghost Writer	Producer
1989	Murder Weapon	Director
1989	Dr. Alien	Director, Producer
1989	Ghetto Blaster	Producer
1989	Deadly Embrace	Director, Producer
1989	American Rampage	Director
1989	Men of Action 2	Director
1988	Lady Avenger	Producer, Director
1988	Nightmare Sisters	Director, Producer
1988	Assault of the Killer Bimbos	Producer
1988	Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama	Director, Producer
1987	Creepozoids	Director, Writer, Producer
1987	Little Miss Innocence	Director, Producer
1986	Dreamaniac	Director, Producer
1986	Bad Boys Dormitory	Director, Writer, Producer
1986	Boy's Camp Memories	Director
1986	Man Heat	Writer, Director
1986	Men on the Loose	Director
1986	Play Safely	Director
1986	When a Stranger Comes	Director
1986	Freshman	Director
1986	Male-O-Gram	Director, Screenplay
1986	Jacqueline	Director
1986	Revenge of the Babes 2	Director
1986	Revenge of the Babes	Director, Writer
1985	Working Girls	Director
1985	Flesh 1995	Writer
1985	Mansplash	Director, Writer, Producer
1985	Making It Huge	Director, Writer
1985	Getting Off Campus	Director
1985	Fleshtones	Director
1985	Never Big Enough	Director, Writer
1985	Men and Steel	Director
1985	Totally Awesome	Director
1985	Show & Tell	Director
1985	Boys Just Wanna Have Sex	Director
1985	New Wave Hustlers	Director
1984	Body Scorcher	Writer, Director
1984	Campus Jocks	Writer, Director, Producer
1984	Good Men Go Bad	Director

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