Michael Sean Dorsey was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1990. He received his BA in Cinema Art and Science from Columbia College Chicago & his MFA as a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute Conservatory.
His work is rooted in memory, family, mysticism, and queer identity.
In addition to writing and directing more than 20 short films & directing for the stage, Michael’s video installation & photo works have been exhibited at SMU's Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery, Hofmann LaChance Contemporary, Blum & Poe Los Angeles, & the Philosophical Research Society’s Hansell Gallery.
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head of a woman/head of a man
narrative short, 16mm - 2022
A young man has visions of the 13th century mystic, Francis of Assisi. click image to play
Fortunately, there is a support group for those whose minds, bodies and spirits are inhabited by both Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis. Unfortunately, the man leading the support group is having an existential crisis of his own... click image to play
jerry/jerry
narrative short, digital - 2021
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Peter&Jack, short (16mm for exhibition) - 2012
No. 15, short (16mm for exhibition) - 2012
Father Matthew, short (35mm, narrative ) - 2012
Home Made, short (35mm, narrative) - 2013
History pt. I & II (digital, for gallery installation) - 2016
What’s Soon to Follow, short (digital, narrative) - 2017
A Way You’d Like to Be, short (digital, narrative) - 2018
The Port Wine Stain, short (digital, narrative) -2021*
The Optic Nerve, short (35mm, narrative) (co-director)-2021*
*denotes that the film was not written by msd
