About Xavier Mendik
Born 1969. Xavier Mendik is a British academic, film director and documentarian, known for Cult film.
Xavier Charles Mendik is an English documentary filmmaker, author, and festival director. He is an associate professor in film and director of graduate studies in the School of Media at Birmingham City University, and formerly at the University of Brighton. He also runs the Cult Film Archive and is the director of Cine-Excess International Film Festival.
Early life Mendik was born in Birmingham, England, UK. At Brunel University, he taught classes on "Buffy studies" and other cult media properties.
Along with Ernest Mathijs, Mendik is the author of 100 Cult Films, a project of the British Film Institute. The book attracted controversy for its selections. With Mathijs, he also co-edited The Cult Film Reader.
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Who is Xavier Mendik?
English academic and author
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Xavier Mendik was born in 1969 in Birmingham.
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Xavier Mendik is an academic, film director and documentarian.
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Xavier Mendik is known for Cult film.
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Xavier Mendik is British.
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