Xavier Mendik Explained

Xavier Mendik
Birth Place:	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Occupation:	Documentary filmmaker, professor, author, festival director
Known For:	Cult film studies

Xavier Charles Mendik^[1] 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,^[2] 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.

Career

Mendik teaches at Birmingham City University. He runs Cine-Excess and maintains the Cult Film Archive, a large repository of cult films.^[3] At Brunel University, he taught classes on "Buffy studies" and other cult media properties.^{[4] [5]}

Along with Ernest Mathijs, Mendik is the author of 100 Cult Films, a project of the British Film Institute.^[6] The book attracted controversy for its selections.^{[7] [8]} With Mathijs, he also co-edited The Cult Film Reader.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Bibliography

• Book: Mendik, Xavier. Dario Argento's Tenebrae. Flick Books. Trowbridge. 2000. 9781862360228.
• Book: Unruly Pleasures: the Cult Film and Its Critics. Mendik. Xavier. Harper. Graeme. FAB press. Guildford. 2000. 9781903254004.
• Book: Underground USA: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon. Mendik. Xavier. Schneider. Steven Jay. Wallflower Press. London. 2002. 978-0-231-16279-1.
• Book: Shocking Cinema of the Seventies. Mendik. Xavier. Noir Publishing. Hereford. 2002. 9780953656448.
• Book: Mathijs. Ernest. Mendik. Xavier. 2004. Alternative Europe; European Exploitation and Underground Cinema Since 1945. London. Wallflower Press. 978-1-903364-93-2.
• Book: Mathijs. Ernest. Mendik. Xavier. 2008. The Cult Film Reader. London and New York. Open University Press. 978-0-335-21924-7.
• Book: Mathijs. Ernest. Mendik. Xavier. 2011. 100 Cult Films. London. British Film Institute and Palgrave-Macmillan. 9781844574087.

Further reading

Interviews

• Interview with Xavier Mendik. Sélavy. Virginie. Electric Sheep Magazine. 2008-05-01. 2014-06-24.
• News: Zombies give life to our economic blues. Willis. Paul. CNN. 2009-08-07. 2014-06-25.
• News: What makes a cult film?. Haigh. Ian. BBC News Magazine. 2010-05-03. 2014-06-25.

Notes and References

1. " England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,"(1 October 2014), Xavier Charles Mendik, 1969; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database; Birth Registration, Meriden, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. Web site: Xavier Mendik. The Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. 2016-01-28.
3. News: Midland film festival has X factor. Young. Graham. Birmingham Mail. 2013-11-15. 2014-06-25.
4. News: A guide to unusual degrees. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/student/magazines/a-guide-to-unusual-degrees-413838.html . 7 May 2022 . subscription . live. Poole. Dan. The Independent. 2006-08-28. 2014-06-25.
5. News: Study Buffy at university. . Metro. 2006-05-16.
6. News: Ernest Mathijs' 100 Cult Films dives into the movies some of us can't stop watching. Mack. Adrian. The Georgia Straight. 2012-01-04. 2014-06-25.
7. News: Want to make people mad? Pick the top 100 cult films of all time. Liederman. Marsha. The Globe and Mail. 2012-09-06. 2014-06-25.
8. News: '100 Cult Films': Some You'd Expect, But 'Star Wars'?. . NPR. 2011-12-18. 2014-06-25.
9. The Cult Film Reader (review). Abbott. Stacey. Science Fiction Film and Television. 3. 2. Autumn 2010. 316–319.
10. The Cult Film Reader. Church. David. Film Quarterly. 62. 3. 86–88. Spring 2009. 10.1525/fq.2009.62.3.86. 10.1525/fq.2009.62.3.86.
11. The Cult Film Reader. Walker. Greg. Times Higher Education. 2008-03-06. 2014-06-25.