Mercies May
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- A Shadow in the Corner of the Room ... (Director)
2024
- Honor's Half-Life ... (Producer)
2022
- Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes ... (BTS Videographer)
2021
- I Used to be You ... (Director of Photography)