Ray Mendoza
Ray Mendoza is a former Navy SEAL who has developed a filmmaking career as a military advisor, producer, and director. Mendoza began his feature film production career as a military advisor on the theatrical features Act of Valor (2012), co-starring Alex Vado, Roselyn Sanchez, and Nestor Serrano under the co-direction of Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh.
Director/co-writer Peter Berg’s war movie, Lone Survivor (2013), starring Mark Wahlberg. Director/co-writer Colin Trevorrow’s blockbuster sequel, Jurassic World (2015), with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. The Peter Berg-directed espionage thriller, Mile 22 (2018), starring Wahlberg.
The Rod Laurie-directed Afghanistan War-set The Outpost (2019), with Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, and Orlando Bloom. Director/writer Alex Garland’s dystopian thriller, Civil War (2024), starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman.
Mendoza made his feature debut as co-director/co-writer (with Alex Garland) of the war movie, Warfare (2025), based on Mendoza’s experiences as a U.S. Navy SEAL in the Iraq War and starring D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai and Will Poulter, and released wide by A24.
Personal life
Ray Mendoza was born and raised in the U.S. by his parents. Mendoza enlisted in the Navy in 1997, serving for nearly 17 years as a member of SEAL Team 5 and as a Land Warfare Training Detachment and BUD/s instructor.
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- 2024 | Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
- 2012 |
Act of Valor
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An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
Facts About Ray Mendoza
Warrior: Ray Mendoza earned the Silver Star for acts of gallantry in the face of fire.
Shingle: Mendoza owns and operates War Office Productions, which provides military advisor expertise to the film and TV industry.
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