
Will Mayo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 24, 1991
- Birthplace
- Thompson's Station, Tennesse
Will Mayo is a Los Angeles-based editor-director whose work has been Oscar®-shortlisted, Emmy®-nominated, and screened at Sundance, Venice, Berlinale, Telluride, Tribeca, and other leading festivals. Working across narrative, documentary, commercial, branded, and music video, Will brings a filmmaker’s perspective to the edit, combining performance, story, and visual instinct across an unusually diverse body of work. His credits include the Oscar®-shortlisted New Yorker documentary Cashing Out, Grindr’s Emmy®-nominated scripted series Bridesman, Searchlight short Starf*ckers, Shudder feature Haze, and projects for The New York Times, Panera Bread, Aperol, Chappell Roan, and Kai Cenat. His work has been featured in 11 Vimeo Staff Picks, including two Best of the Year selections. As a director, Will’s films First Night Out and As Beautiful Inside both became Vimeo Staff Picks. His latest short, Dropping Off, has screened at Palm Springs ShortFest, Nashville Film Festival, and Encounters Film Festival, continuing a directing career that runs alongside and directly informs his work as an editor. Originally from rural Tennessee, Will holds a BFA in Film & TV from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Filmography

Maternal TBA
Sound Mixer

Dropping Off 2026
Director, Writer, Producer

I'm Gonna Kill You 2026
Editor

Going Pop 2025
Editor
- The Stone System
The Stone System 2025
Editor

Sister! 2025
Editor

Far Away 2025
Editor

Cashing Out 2024
Editor

Play Hard 2024
Editor

The Mountain 2024
Director, Writer

Zero at the Bone 2023
Editor

The Launch 2023
Editor

Summer Solstice 2022
Sound Designer

CANS Can't Stand 2022
Editor

Starfuckers 2022
Editor

Real Talk 2020
Editor

1781 2020
Editor

Anita 2020
Editor

See You Soon 2020
Editor

Union County 2020
Editor

Pancakes 2019
Editor

Tithes & Offerings 2019
Editor

Safe Space 2019
Assistant Editor

Sacral 2019
Sound Designer

How to Say Goodbye 2018
Editor

Alientologists 2017
Sound Editor

Buckets 2017
Sound Editor

The Mess He Made 2017
Sound Editor

An Crann 2015
Director of Photography, Writer
- First Night Out
First Night Out 2015
Director, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer

The Red Card 2015
Cinematography
- This Is How You Haunt Your House
This Is How You Haunt Your House 2014
Director, Sound Designer, Writer, Editor
- Consumed
Consumed 2013
Writer, Director, Editor
Credits from TMDB.