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Dominic Mercurio

Dominic Mercurio is a San Francisco–based writer, director, and editor whose work centers on narrative music videos, independent shorts, and corporate video.

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Production company & representation
Capsaicinco
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Winner Best Cinematography, LGBTQ+ LA Film Festival (He Won’t Belong)
LGBTQ+ LA Film Festival · 2023 · award
Winner Best Drama, Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival (He Won’t Belong)
Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival · 2023 · award
Winner Best Choreography & Best Set Design (The Seshen “DIVE”)
California Music Video & Film Awards · 2020 · award
Selected clients
AdobeArmisFinastraHintHinesMicrosoftTCI

Bio & background

Dominic Mercurio is a San Francisco–based writer, director, and editor whose work centers on narrative music videos, independent shorts, and corporate video. He directed Tune-Yards’ 2025 official video “How Big Is The Rainbow” (featuring Star Amerasu) with Oakland’s Capsaicinco, plus the COVID-era “Party in a Can” virtual concert and the sketchy. TV web series. He wrote, directed, and edited the multi-chapter CYAN narrative series for The Seshen and award-winning clips for Foxtails Brigade and Bells Atlas, including Best Music Video wins for “We Are Not Ourselves” (British Horror Film Festival 2019; GenreBlast 2017) and “Be Brave” (SF Frozen Film Festival 2018). His 2023 short He Won’t Belong—a Sea Ranch two-hander starring Cole Doman and Joel DeCandio—won Best Cinematography at the LGBTQ+ LA Film Festival and Best Drama at the Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival. Corporate credits include producing, directing, and editing the Hines 101 California reopening sizzle and edit work for Armis, Adobe, Hint, and Finastra TV (Microsoft Open Finance segment). A TCI testimonial cites more than 900 videos across writing, directing, shooting, lighting, and editing. He was a 2023 and 2024 SFFILM FilmHouse Resident.

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Awards
  • Winner Best Cinematography, LGBTQ+ LA Film Festival (He Won’t Belong)
    LGBTQ+ LA Film Festival · 2023
  • Winner Best Drama, Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival (He Won’t Belong)
    Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival · 2023
  • Winner Best Choreography & Best Set Design (The Seshen “DIVE”)
    California Music Video & Film Awards · 2020
  • Winner Best Music Video (Foxtails Brigade “We Are Not Ourselves”)
    British Horror Film Festival · 2019
  • Winner Best Music Video (Bells Atlas “Be Brave”)
    SF Frozen Film Festival · 2018
  • Winner Best Music Video (Foxtails Brigade “We Are Not Ourselves”)
    GenreBlast Film Festival · 2017
  • Winner Best Music Video (Foxtails Brigade “Far Away and Long Ago”)
    Atlanta Underground Film Festival · 2015
  • Gold Award (Foxtails Brigade “Far Away and Long Ago”)
    Spotlight Short Film Awards · 2015
  • SFFILM FilmHouse Resident
    SFFILM · 2024
  • SFFILM FilmHouse Resident
    SFFILM · 2023
  • Press
    • Review of He Won’t Belong: polished, well-acted and beautifully shot two-hander
      Local News Matters / Randy Myers · 2023
    • “Far Away And Long Ago” one-shot coverage
      Audiocred
    • Tune-Yards video featuring Star Amerasu
      Under the Radar · 2025
    • Film Shortage Featured Short (He Won’t Belong online premiere)
      Film Shortage · 2024
    • Interview on graduate thesis Nuclear Family
      The Evening Class · 2011
    • Foxtails Brigade “We Are Not Ourselves” premiere coverage
      Billboard
    • The Seshen “Flames & Figures” coverage
      PopMatters
    • The Seshen “Faster Than Before” moody grayscale chapter
      PopMatters
    • “We Are Not Ourselves” dark comedy / Americana coverage
      The Bay Bridged
    • TCI marketing testimonial: 900+ videos spanning writing through editing
      TCI / Karen Johnson