[5] Mendoza has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias.

His first collaborated with actor Coco Martin in seven films: Masahista, Kaleldo, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.

Mendoza directed the first and second State of the Nation Addresses of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

[10] His 2012 film Thy Womb competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival[11] and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2012.

[13] Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).