Michael Tiddes

Michael Tiddes
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Film, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	2007-present

Michael Tiddes is an American film director and producer, best known for directing A Haunted House and A Haunted House 2 .

Career

In 2013, Tiddes made his feature film directing debut with the horror comedy film A Haunted House , based on the script by Marlon Wayans and Rick Alvarez. ^[1] The film was released domestically on January 11, 2013 by Open Road Films, and grossed more than $60 million with a budget of just $2.5 million. ^[2]

In 2014, Tiddes directed the sequel to his first film, A Haunted House 2 , based on the script by Wayans and Alvarez. ^[3] The film was released domestically on April 18, 2014 by Open Road, grossing $24 million with a budget of just $4 million. ^[4]

Tiddes directed another spoof film, Fifty Shades of Black , again scripted by Wayans and Alvarez. The film was released on January 29, 2016 by Open Road. ^[5]

Future projects

In July 2014, Tiddes was hired to direct an action-comedy film Diablo Run based on the 2013 Black List script by Evan and Shea Mirzai, which Mark Canton would produce through his Atmosphere Entertainment along with David Hopwood and Matthew Einstein. ^[6] Later in November 2014, Voltage Pictures came on board to finance the film, while Voltage's Craig Flores would also produce the film. ^[7]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer
2007	Crawl Space	Yes	Yes	Yes

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
2009	Dance Flick	No	Yes	Associate
2013	A Haunted House	Yes	Yes	Co-producer
2014	A Haunted House 2	Yes	Yes	Co-producer
2015	#DreamRideLA	Yes	Yes	Yes
2016	Fifty Shades of Black	Yes	Yes	Co-executive
2017	Naked	Yes	Yes	Co-executive
2019	Sextuplets	Yes	Yes	Executive

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2010	Fred	Yes	Yes	1 episode
2011	In the Flow with Affion Crockett	Yes	Yes

References

1. Fleming, Mike Jr. (September 20, 2012). "Open Road, Endgame Acquire Marlon Wayans Comedy 'A Haunted House'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 7, 2015.
2. "A Haunted House (2013)". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
3. "'A Haunted House 2′ Will Spoof 'Insidious,' 'The Conjuring,' 'Sinister' and More…". bloody-disgusting.com. June 25, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
4. "A Haunted House 2 (2014)". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
5. Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 3, 2015). "Marlon Wayans '50 Shades Of Grey' Spoof Handcuffed By Open Road". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 7, 2015.
6. Sneider, Jeff (July 9, 2014). "'A Haunted House's' Michael Tiddes to Direct Black List Script 'Diablo Run' (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
7. Sneider, Jeff (November 14, 2014). "Voltage Pictures to Finance Michael Tiddes' Action-Comedy 'Diablo Run' (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

External links

• Michael Tiddes at IMDb