Mercies May
Directing
Mercies May is a Minneapolis-based horror writer-director whose work uses genre to explore trauma, grief, and power dynamics, often where those forces intersect. He has directed more than 160 independent music videos, developing a highly visual, rhythm-driven approach to filmmaking.
He has also worked as a freelance screenwriter, including co-writing an adaptation of August Prize-winning novel They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears with author Johannes Anyuru. In addition, he served as director of photography on Stage, the Midwest Emmy Award-winning TPT/PBS music documentary series.
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His latest short film, A Shadow in the Corner of the Room, explores entropy, isolation, and aging through the most elemental fear: what may be waiting in the dark.
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- 2026A Shadow in the Corner of the Room Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Producer
- 2024Honor's Half-Life Producer, Writer
- 2022Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes BTS Videographer
- 2021I Used to be You Director of Photography, Producer, Original Music Composer
- TBATrade for Print Writer, Director, Prop Maker, Camera Operator, Original Music Composer, Editor
- TBAThe Last Fare Director, Original Music Composer, Visual Effects