Directing
Mercies May
- Place of birth
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 3
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…