Ted Nicolaou is an American film director, screenwriter and editor.^[1] His most famous directorial effort is the Subspecies film series. Apart from his feature film projects, he also works in television.

After graduating from the University of Texas film program, he joined the crew of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as a sound recordist.^[2] Later, he joined Charles Band's Empire Pictures, where he worked as an editor on such films as Ghoulies (1985) and eventually debuted as a director with The Dungeonmaster (1985) and TerrorVision (1986).^[3]

Selected filmography

• Subspecies V: Blood Rise (2023)
• Don't Let Her In (2021)
• Vampire Slaughter: Eaten Alive (2018)
• Bunker of Blood: Chapter 2 - Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts (2018)
• Finding Happiness (2014)
• DevilDolls (2012)
• The Etruscan Mask (2007)
• Aliens Gone Wild (2005)
• Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys (2004)
• In the Shadow of the Cobra (2004)
• The Horrible Dr. Bones (2000)
• The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
• Ragdoll (1999)
• Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998)
• The Shrunken City (1998)
• Vampire Journals (1997)
• Dragonworld (1994)
• Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994)
• Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
• Remote (1993)
• Bad Channels (1992)
• Subspecies (1991)
• TerrorVision (1986)
• The Dungeonmaster (1985)

Writer

• Savage Island (1985) (written by – as Nicholas Beardsley)
• TerrorVision (1986)
• Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
• Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994)
• Vampire Journals (1995)
• Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1996)
• Dragonworld: The Legend Continues (1999)
• Dracula the Impaler (2002)
• Dali & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)
• The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès (2012)
• Subspecies V: Blood Rise (2023)

Selected shorts

• Rookie and Police Captain (2019)
• Boxer and Bookie (2019)
• Johnny and Dana (2019)
• Mobster Father and Son (2019)
• Doctor and Patient (2019)
• Lawyer and Opposing Counsel (2019)