Director

Mercies May

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 5584772

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2021 - 2026

Years active: 6

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Director (2)Director of Photography (1)BTS Videographer (1)Producer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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. 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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