David DeCoteau

David DeCoteau

Known for
Directing
Born
January 5, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

2026
The Wrong Baby Daddy poster

The Wrong Baby Daddy

Movie · Director

2026
Home Makeover Nightmare poster

Home Makeover Nightmare

Movie · Director

2026
The Wrong Housemaid poster

The Wrong Housemaid

Movie · Director

2026
Checking Inn for Christmas poster

Checking Inn for Christmas

Movie · Director

2026
A Neighbor to Die For poster

A Neighbor to Die For

Movie · Director

2025
The Wrong Obsession poster

The Wrong Obsession

Movie · Director

2025
The Wrong Marriage poster

The Wrong Marriage

Movie · Director

2025
The Christmas Campaign poster

The Christmas Campaign

Movie · Director

2024
The Wrong Life Coach poster

The Wrong Life Coach

Movie · Director

2024
Tall, Dark and Dangerous poster

Tall, Dark and Dangerous

Movie · Director

2024
Million Dollar Lethal Listing poster

Million Dollar Lethal Listing

Movie · Director

2024
Fatal Fixer Upper poster

Fatal Fixer Upper

Movie · Director

2024
Make or Bake Christmas poster

Make or Bake Christmas

Movie · Director

2024
A Nanny to Die For poster

A Nanny to Die For

Movie · Director

2023
A Christmas Intern poster

A Christmas Intern

Movie · Director

2023
If I Can't Have You poster

If I Can't Have You

Movie · Director

2023
Honeymoon in Paradise poster

Honeymoon in Paradise

Movie · Director

2023
As Luck Would Have It poster

As Luck Would Have It

TV · Director · 3 eps

2022
Killer Design poster

Killer Design

Movie · Director

2022
The Wrong Blind Date poster

The Wrong Blind Date

Movie · Director

2022
The Wrong High School Sweetheart poster

The Wrong High School Sweetheart

Movie · Director

2022
Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror poster

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

Movie · Director

2021
Deceived by My Mother-In-Law poster

Deceived by My Mother-In-Law

Movie · Director

2021
Mommy's Deadly Con Artist poster

Mommy's Deadly Con Artist

Movie · Director

2021
The Wrong Cheer Captain poster

The Wrong Cheer Captain

Movie · Director

2021
The Wrong Real Estate Agent poster

The Wrong Real Estate Agent

Movie · Director

2021
The Wrong Fiancé poster

The Wrong Fiancé

Movie · Director

2021
The Wrong Prince Charming poster

The Wrong Prince Charming

Movie · Director

2021
The Wrong Mr. Right poster

The Wrong Mr. Right

Movie · Director

2021
The Wrong Valentine poster

The Wrong Valentine

Movie · Director

2021
Keeping Up with the Joneses poster

Keeping Up with the Joneses

TV · Director · 1 ep

2020
The Wrong Stepfather poster

The Wrong Stepfather

Movie · Director

2020
The Wrong House Sitter poster

The Wrong House Sitter

Movie · Director

2020
The Wrong Wedding Planner poster

The Wrong Wedding Planner

Movie · Director

2020
Christmas Together poster

Christmas Together

Movie · Director

2020
A Christmas for Mary poster

A Christmas for Mary

Movie · Director

2020
The Wrong Cheerleader Coach poster

The Wrong Cheerleader Coach

Movie · Director

2019
My Mother's Stalker poster

My Mother's Stalker

Movie · Director

2019
The Wrong Stepmother poster

The Wrong Stepmother

Movie · Director

2019
The Wrong Boy Next Door poster

The Wrong Boy Next Door

Movie · Director

2019
The Wrong Tutor poster

The Wrong Tutor

Movie · Director

2019
The Wrong Mommy poster

The Wrong Mommy

Movie · Director

2019
The Wrong Cheerleader poster

The Wrong Cheerleader

Movie · Director

2019
Christmas Matchmakers poster

Christmas Matchmakers

Movie · Director

2019
Carole's Christmas poster

Carole's Christmas

Movie · Director

2019
Zombie Lust: Night Flesh poster

Zombie Lust: Night Flesh

Movie · Director

2018
The Wrong Cruise poster

The Wrong Cruise

Movie · Director

2018
The Wrong Friend poster

The Wrong Friend

Movie · Director

2018
The Wrong Teacher poster

The Wrong Teacher

Movie · Director

2018
Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks poster

Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks

Movie · Director

2018
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre poster

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Movie · Director

2018
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre poster

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

Movie · Director

2017
Swamp Freak poster

Swamp Freak

Movie · Director

2017
The Wrong Student poster

The Wrong Student

Movie · Director

2017
Deadly Lessons poster

Deadly Lessons

Movie · Director

2017
Femaliens: Seduction of the Species poster

Femaliens: Seduction of the Species

Movie · Director

2017
A Christmas Cruise poster

A Christmas Cruise

Movie · Director

2017
A Royal Christmas Ball poster

A Royal Christmas Ball

Movie · Director

2017
Runaway Christmas Bride poster

Runaway Christmas Bride

Movie · Director

2017
Delivering Christmas poster

Delivering Christmas

Movie · Director

2017
My Christmas Grandpa poster

My Christmas Grandpa

Movie · Director

2017
The Wrong Crush poster

The Wrong Crush

Movie · Director

2017
The Wrong Man poster

The Wrong Man

Movie · Director

2017
Witness Protection poster

Witness Protection

Movie · Director

2016
The Wrong Roommate poster

The Wrong Roommate

Movie · Director

2016
666: Teen Warlock poster

666: Teen Warlock

Movie · Director

2016
Evil Exhumed poster

Evil Exhumed

Movie · Director

2016
The Wrong Child poster

The Wrong Child

Movie · Director

2016
Asian Ghost Story poster

Asian Ghost Story

Movie · Director

2016
Bloody Blacksmith poster

Bloody Blacksmith

Movie · Director

2016
A Husband for Christmas poster

A Husband for Christmas

Movie · Director

2015
90210 Shark Attack poster

90210 Shark Attack

Movie · Director

2015
Sorority Slaughterhouse poster

Sorority Slaughterhouse

Movie · Director

2014
666: Kreepy Kerry poster

666: Kreepy Kerry

Movie · Director

2014
3 Wicked Witches poster

3 Wicked Witches

Movie · Director

2014
666: Devilish Charm poster

666: Devilish Charm

Movie · Director

2014
Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper poster

Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper

Movie · Director

2014
3 Scream Queens poster

3 Scream Queens

Movie · Director

2014
Knock 'em Dead poster

Knock 'em Dead

Movie · Director

2014
Doc Holliday's Revenge poster

Doc Holliday's Revenge

Movie · Director

2013
Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft poster

Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft

Movie · Director

2013
An Easter Bunny Puppy poster

An Easter Bunny Puppy

Movie · Director

2013
A Talking Cat!?! poster

A Talking Cat!?!

Movie · Director

2013
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified poster

Bonnie & Clyde: Justified

Movie · Director

2013
A Talking Pony!?! poster

A Talking Pony!?!

Movie · Director

2013
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! poster

My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!

Movie · Director

2013
Badass Showdown poster

Badass Showdown

Movie · Director

2013
The Dead Reborn poster

The Dead Reborn

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Cougar Cult poster

1313: Cougar Cult

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Bigfoot Island poster

1313: Bigfoot Island

Movie · Director

2012
Snow White: A Deadly Summer poster

Snow White: A Deadly Summer

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Bermuda Triangle poster

1313: Bermuda Triangle

Movie · Director

2012
1313: UFO Invasion poster

1313: UFO Invasion

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Night of the Widow poster

1313: Night of the Widow

Movie · Director

2012
Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night poster

Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Billy the Kid poster

1313: Billy the Kid

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Hercules Unbound! poster

1313: Hercules Unbound!

Movie · Director

2012
1313: Frankenqueen poster

1313: Frankenqueen

Movie · Director

2012
A Halloween Puppy poster

A Halloween Puppy

Movie · Director

2012
2: Voodoo Academy poster

2: Voodoo Academy

Movie · Director

2012
Santa's Summer House poster

Santa's Summer House

Movie · Director

2011
1313: Wicked Stepbrother poster

1313: Wicked Stepbrother

Movie · Director

2011
1313: Actor Slash Model poster

1313: Actor Slash Model

Movie · Director

2011
Christmas Spirit poster

Christmas Spirit

Movie · Director

2011
1313: Giant Killer Bees! poster

1313: Giant Killer Bees!

Movie · Director

2011
1313: Haunted Frat poster

1313: Haunted Frat

Movie · Director

2011
1313: Boy Crazies poster

1313: Boy Crazies

Movie · Director

2011
1313: Nightmare Mansion poster

1313: Nightmare Mansion

Movie · Director

2010
Puppet Master: Axis of Evil poster

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

Movie · Director

2010
Body Blow poster

Body Blow

Movie · Director

2010
The Making of Evil poster

The Making of Evil

Movie · Director

2009
Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum poster

Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit & The Pendulum

Movie · Director

2009
The Brotherhood V: Alumni poster

The Brotherhood V: Alumni

Movie · Director

2009
The Brotherhood VI: Initiation poster

The Brotherhood VI: Initiation

Movie · Director

2009
Alien Presence poster

Alien Presence

Movie · Director

2009
Stem Cell poster

Stem Cell

Movie · Director

2009
The Invisible Chronicles poster

The Invisible Chronicles

Movie · Director

2009
Nightfall poster

Nightfall

Movie · Director

2008
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher poster

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher

Movie · Director

2008
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie · Director

2007
Grizzly Rage poster

Grizzly Rage

Movie · Director

2007
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven poster

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Movie · Director

2006
Beastly Boyz poster

Beastly Boyz

Movie · Director

2005
Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! poster

Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!

Movie · Director

2005
Witches of the Caribbean poster

Witches of the Caribbean

Movie · Director

2005
Killer Bash poster

Killer Bash

Movie · Director

2005
The Brotherhood IV: The Complex poster

The Brotherhood IV: The Complex

Movie · Director

2005
Possessed poster

Possessed

Movie · Director

2004
Ring of Darkness poster

Ring of Darkness

Movie · Director

2004
Tomb of Terror poster

Tomb of Terror

Movie · Director

2004
The Sisterhood poster

The Sisterhood

Movie · Director

2003
Leeches! poster

Leeches!

Movie · Director

2003
Speed Demon poster

Speed Demon

Movie · Director

2002
The Frightening poster

The Frightening

Movie · Director

2002
Wolves of Wall Street poster

Wolves of Wall Street

Movie · Director

2002
The Brotherhood III: Young Demons poster

The Brotherhood III: Young Demons

Movie · Director

2001
The Brotherhood poster

The Brotherhood

Movie · Director

2001
The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks poster

The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks

Movie · Director

2001
Final Stab poster

Final Stab

Movie · Director

2001
Micro Mini Kids poster

Micro Mini Kids

Movie · Director

2000
Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy poster

Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy

Movie · Director

2000
Voodoo Academy poster

Voodoo Academy

Movie · Director

2000
Prison of the Dead poster

Prison of the Dead

Movie · Director

2000
Horrific poster

Horrific

Movie · Director

1999
Retro Puppetmaster poster

Retro Puppetmaster

Movie · Director

1999
The Killer Eye poster

The Killer Eye

Movie · Director

1999
Totem poster

Totem

Movie · Director

1999
Witchouse poster

Witchouse

Movie · Director

1999
Videozone: The Making of "Retro Puppet Master" poster

Videozone: The Making of "Retro Puppet Master"

Movie · Director

1998
Frankenstein Reborn! poster

Frankenstein Reborn!

Movie · Director

1998
Alien Arsenal poster

Alien Arsenal

Movie · Director

1998
Curse of the Puppet Master poster

Curse of the Puppet Master

Movie · Director

1998
Shrieker poster

Shrieker

Movie · Director

1998
Videozone: The Making of "Curse of the Puppet Master" poster

Videozone: The Making of "Curse of the Puppet Master"

Movie · Director

1998
Talisman poster

Talisman

Movie · Director

1998
Leather Jacket Love Story poster

Leather Jacket Love Story

Movie · Director

1997
Absolution poster

Absolution

Movie · Director

1997
Lurid Tales: The Castle Queen poster

Lurid Tales: The Castle Queen

Movie · Director

1997
Skeletons poster

Skeletons

Movie · Director

1996
Petticoat Planet poster

Petticoat Planet

Movie · Director

1996
Prey of the Jaguar poster

Prey of the Jaguar

Movie · Director

1996
Bikini Goddesses poster

Bikini Goddesses

Movie · Director

1995
Blonde Heaven poster

Blonde Heaven

Movie · Director

1995
Prehysteria! 3 poster

Prehysteria! 3

Movie · Director

1995
Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island poster

Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island

Movie · Director

1994
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 poster

Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000

Movie · Director

1993
Naked Instinct poster

Naked Instinct

Movie · Director

1993
Beach Babes from Beyond poster

Beach Babes from Beyond

Movie · Director

1992
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge poster

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

Movie · Director

1991
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III" poster

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"

Movie · Director

1991
Hung Studs 2 poster

Hung Studs 2

Movie · Director

1990
The Girl I Want poster

The Girl I Want

Movie · Director

1989
American Rampage poster

American Rampage

Movie · Director

1989
Dr. Alien poster

Dr. Alien

Movie · Director

1989
Deadly Embrace poster

Deadly Embrace

Movie · Director

1989
Murder Weapon poster

Murder Weapon

Movie · Director

1989
Men of Action 2 poster

Men of Action 2

Movie · Director

1988
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama poster

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

Movie · Director

1988
Nightmare Sisters poster

Nightmare Sisters

Movie · Director, Second Assistant Director

1988
Lady Avenger poster

Lady Avenger

Movie · Director

1987
Creepozoids poster

Creepozoids

Movie · Director

1987
Little Miss Innocence poster

Little Miss Innocence

Movie · Director

1986
Dreamaniac poster

Dreamaniac

Movie · Director

1986
Bad Boys Dormitory poster

Bad Boys Dormitory

Movie · Director

1986
Boy's Camp Memories poster

Boy's Camp Memories

Movie · Director

1986
Man Heat poster

Man Heat

Movie · Director

1986
Men on the Loose poster

Men on the Loose

Movie · Director

1986
Play Safely poster

Play Safely

Movie · Director

1986
When a Stranger Comes poster

When a Stranger Comes

Movie · Director

1986
Freshman poster

Freshman

Movie · Director

1986
Male-O-Gram poster

Male-O-Gram

Movie · Director

1986
Jacqueline poster

Jacqueline

Movie · Director

1986
Revenge of the Babes 2 poster

Revenge of the Babes 2

Movie · Director

1986
Revenge of the Babes poster

Revenge of the Babes

Movie · Director

1985
Working Girls poster

Working Girls

Movie · Director

1985
Mansplash poster

Mansplash

Movie · Director

1985
Making It Huge poster

Making It Huge

Movie · Director

1985
Getting Off Campus poster

Getting Off Campus

Movie · Director

1985
Fleshtones poster

Fleshtones

Movie · Director

1985
Never Big Enough poster

Never Big Enough

Movie · Director

1985
Men and Steel poster

Men and Steel

Movie · Director

1985
Totally Awesome poster

Totally Awesome

Movie · Director

1985
Show & Tell poster

Show & Tell

Movie · Director

1985
Boys Just Wanna Have Sex poster

Boys Just Wanna Have Sex

Movie · Director

1985
New Wave Hustlers poster

New Wave Hustlers

Movie · Director

1984
Body Scorcher poster

Body Scorcher

Movie · Director

1984
Campus Jocks poster

Campus Jocks

Movie · Director

1984
Good Men Go Bad poster

Good Men Go Bad

Movie · Director

1983
Doing It poster

Doing It

Movie · Assistant Director

1983
Games poster

Games

Movie · Assistant Director