Mike Cuenca is a Cuban-American filmmaker, writer, editor, producer, composer, and musician known for his independent, self-financed approach to filmmaking. His feature films include Watch Them Come Blood, Boys About Town, In The Ditch, I'll Be Around, Odium For Ardor, and Like A Dirty French Novel. Cuenca has developed a reputation for creating films outside the traditional studio system using non actors, small crews, and DIY production methods. His long running film series "Boys About Town" was developed over several years with a collective of collaborators across Los Angeles. In addition to his filmmaking work, Cuenca serves as a video producer for the American Cinematheque. His screenplay "So Goes the Night" was a finalist in the 2020 American Zoetrope screenplay competition.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, editor, producer, writer, actor and composer
- 4 on MovieCove
What are Mike Cuenca's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Sam in By the Wayside (2012)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mike Cuenca's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Cuenca's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Watch Them Come Blood(2024)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
By the Wayside(2012)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2011 to 2024.
How do Mike Cuenca's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 10th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 11th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Divisive.
- Divisive2
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Mike Cuenca work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Cuenca's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joey Halter shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Joey HalterShared titles: Watch Them Come Blood (2024), Like a Dirty French Novel (2021), By the Wayside (2012), Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Joey Halter
Actors
- Brittany SamsonShared titles: Like a Dirty French Novel (2021), By the Wayside (2012), Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Brittany Samson
- Dan RojayShared titles: Like a Dirty French Novel (2021), By the Wayside (2012), Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Rojay
- Jennifer DaleyShared titles: Watch Them Come Blood (2024), Like a Dirty French Novel (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Daley
- Julie PepinShared titles: By the Wayside (2012), Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Julie Pepin
Cinematographers
- Jessica GallantShared titles: Watch Them Come Blood (2024), Like a Dirty French Novel (2021), By the Wayside (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Jessica Gallant