Marcel Sarmiento is a film director and writer who has created both comedy and horror films. He wrote and directed the 2007 comedy Heavy Petting, and co-directed the 2008 horror film Deadgirl with Gadi Harel. Sarmiento contributed the 'D is for Dogfight' segment of The ABCs of Death, an anthology horror film. Marcel has also written some screenplays and adaptations and wrote a chapter of the book, The Modern Con Man: How to Get Something for Nothing.