Question: Which American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker directed  an American short slasher film That was released on October 31, 2011?
Context: Stay Alive is a 2006 American slasher film directed by William Brent Bell, who co-wrote it with Matthew Peterman.  It was produced by McG, and was released on March 24, 2006 in the US.  It was the first film in five years released by Hollywood Pictures.  It was also Disney's only slasher film (not counting any from Dimension Films before 2005). Fatal Games (originally known as The Killing Touch and also released as Olympic Nightmare) is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Michael Elliott and starring Sally Kirkland, Lynn Banashek, Sean Masterson, Michael O'Leary, Teal Roberts, and Spice Williams-Crosby.  The plot consists of a mad slasher wielding a javelin killing off various members of a high school gymnastics team.  The film shares many of its plot points with an earlier slasher film, "Graduation Day". Edgar Oliver (born October 31, 1956) is an American stage and film actor, poet, performance artist and playwright.  He is considered a "legend" of the downtown New York theater scene and is known for his distinctive accent and diction. All Through the House is a 2015 American holiday horror slasher film written and directed by Todd Nunes ("Death Ward 13") and produced by The Readmond Company (Los Angeles, California).  The movie had its world premiere on 31 October 2015 at the RIP Film Festival (Hollywood, California), where it also won Best Slasher, Best Editing, and the Audience Choice Award.  "All Through the House" stars Ashley Mary Nunes, Jessica Cameron, and Jennifer Wenger.  The film was shot in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Lake Arrowhead, California over a period of 21 days in 2014 On October 4, 2016 the film was released on iTunes and other Video On Demand platforms by Gravitas Ventures. Halloween II is a 1981 American slasher film and the second installment in the "Halloween" film series.  Directed by Rick Rosenthal, written and produced by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, it is a direct sequel to Carpenter's "Halloween", immediately picking up where it had left off.  Set on the same night of October 31, 1978, Michael Myers follows survivor Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) to a nearby hospital while Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is still in pursuit of his patient. Maniac (stylized as MANIAC) is an American short slasher film, directed by Shia LaBeouf.  It was released on October 31, 2011.  The short film stars American rappers Scott "Kid Cudi" Mecudi and Chris "Cage" Palko, as French-speaking serial killers. Mescudi and Palko also co-wrote the film with LaBeouf. Savage Weekend is a 1979 American slasher film directed by David Paulsen and starring Christopher Allport, David Gale, William Sanderson, and Caitlin O'Heaney.  The film follows a woman who retreats to upstate New York with her wealthy boyfriend, her sister, and friend, only to be stalked by a killer in a disfigured mask.  Filmed in 1976 as "The Killer Behind the Mask", the film was also titled "The Upstate Murders" before being released in 1979 by Cannon Films.  It has been cited as an early prototype for the slasher film, predating "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th". Shia Saide LaBeouf ( ; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker.  He became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series "Even Stevens", a role for which LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003.  He made his film debut in "The Christmas Path" (1998).  In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film "Let's Love Hate" and later directed a short film titled "Maniac" (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi. Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist.  He was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii and is "Sansei" (third generation Japanese American); and his work often deals with Asian American history and identity issues.  He is widely known for a series of one-man shows, including "Life in the Fast Lane", "I'm on a Mission From Buddha", "Mifune and Me" and others.  In 2005 he directed the independent feature film, "Only the Brave", a fictional account of the rescue of the Lost Battalion by the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American fighting unit during World War II.  Nishikawa also starred in the lead role.  He has written and directed two short films about World War II veterans, "Forgotten Valor" and "When We Were Warriors". My Bloody Valentine 3D is a 2009 American slasher film.  It is a reboot of the 1981 Canadian slasher film of the same name.  The film was directed and edited by Patrick Lussier, and stars Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Betsy Rue, and Kerr Smith.  The film had a 3D theatrical release; it was released on January 16, 2009 by Lionsgate to generally mixed reviews but nevertheless a box office success.  It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 19, 2009.
Answer: Shia LaBeouf