
Will Mayo
Directing
Biography
Director, writer, cinematographer, sound designer. Will grew up on a horse farm in Thompson's Station, TN, before moving to NYC to attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for Film and Television Production. His experimental student work, CONSUMED (2013) and THIS IS HOW YOU HAUNT YOUR HOUSE (2014), was recognized by NYU and popular internet blogs. His first narrative short outside school, FIRST NIGHT OUT (2015), premiered at NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival in 2015. He resides in Brooklyn where he works as a freelance cinematographer and sound designer. Notable cinematographic work includes the award-winning short films AN CRANN (2015) and THE RED CARD (2015).
Known For

In the distant future, inside an ‘all gay colony’, Cal and Spector, two paired lovers, fighting an internal battle – where remaining colony members ultimately pay the price of their twisted games.
I'm Gonna Kill You

In the hilarious first series produced by Grindr, Jimmy Fowlie stars as Terry, the man-of-honor intent on stealing away his best friend Judith’s husband-to-be before the couple can make their vows.
Bridesman

An intimate evening between a film director and an escort is disrupted when a familiar face arrives.
Starfuckers

A girl learns the brutal sacrifices it takes to satisfy her love.
Buckets

A lonely young man uncovers a series of disturbing secrets when he gets inducted into an all-male safe space.
Safe Space

Sam, an outsider in her high school, is finally invited to the most secretive party of the year, but when the party spirals out of control, Sam is confronted by a disturbing side of her date and her peers that she never expected.
The Red Card

An aspiring musician and rideshare driver struggles to navigate the bizarre request of a mourning passenger.
Dropping Off
Late one night, a lady takes herself to dinner.
First Night Out

A woman goes on a daytime show to confront a famous music producer of sexual harassment, only to find him armed with the “perfect apology.”
Real Talk

Cody is a recovering opiate addict in rural Ohio, 45 days clean and enlisted in a strictly enforced drug court programme by the county government. Local sober-living facilities are full, so Cody is living in his car on the outskirts of town and working at the nearby lumber mill to save money and keep busy. But his past doesn't want to forget him.
Union County

When Earth no longer exists, neighboring aliens examine human artifacts that float around in its place like paleontologists learning about ancient ancestors. This is the story of a curious alien struggling to fit in with his robotic co-workers and how his accidental discovery of a mysterious box full of noise leads his team to understanding one of humanity's most special gifts.
Alientologists

Successful news anchor Melanie Abraxas is blindsided by her husband on the same day the teleprompters fail, leading to a very public embarrassment.
The Mountain
An instructional guide through the afterlife.
This Is How You Haunt Your House

An adolescent girl has trained herself to function within the walls of a dysfunctional home, but when forced to face reality she must choose between the love she has for her mother or her own well-being. Pancakes explores the effects of losing someone you love to an illness. The film depicts a child's attempt to be an adult in order to keep some semblance of a family together, broken as it may be.
Pancakes

Nate, a workaholic drummer, spends all his time practicing, always striving for perfection. After he meets Yazmine, a like-minded, dedicated modern dancer, he realizes that the key to success isn't just to work hard – sometimes it requires you to play hard.
Play Hard

A tender queer romance about a gay man who travels across the country to spend the weekend with someone he met on a dating app.
See You Soon

When Silvia mysteriously goes missing in Chinatown, tension rises between the two people closest to her. Jacqueline Sir directs “Sacral,” a fragmentary drama about the messy relationships and social life of a group of young NY city kids. Told with blurred low-fi imagery and a constant sense of unease and disorientation, it’s raw as they come, and paints an authentic picture of an alarming absence. When Nadia can’t locate her best friend, Silvia, she seeks out her boyfriend, Max, the last person she saw him with. As their group of friends pre-game for a party, she doubles down on Max who is behaving suspiciously evasive. A mix of edgy realism and almost nightmarish paranoia, the film’s resonance accumulates from jagged shards into a haunting mystery.
Sacral

At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. This documentary charts the rise and fall of the hundred-million-dollar “gay-death-profiteering” industry that grew out of their desperation, and spotlights one of its earliest investors: the filmmaker’s father.
Cashing Out

Tom is a down-and-out bond broker struggling to keep his business afloat, a legacy of his brother who passed away on 9/11. Claire is a fledgling actress from a small town starting over after a personal tragedy of her own. As their lives cross, Tom must face the decision to let go of his fears and acknowledge deeper feelings for Claire or withdraw to his comfort zone. Tom's best friend, Simone, has an identity crisis and an appetite for short-term gratification. Mario, Tom's wing man and a wine enthusiast, must contend with trappings that come with being a womanizer. In the urban maze of New York, the four struggle to say goodbye to old ways to find a better tomorrow.
How to Say Goodbye

A man spends 15 minutes waiting for the results of a Rapid HIV Test.