Biography

Mel Soria is an award-winning Filipino American music video director, commercial director, and filmmaker, best known for his work with Fall Out Boy, Train, and Panic! At The Disco.

In 2015, he co-directed the official music video for Fall Out Boy's single "Uma Thurman," which won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video. Soria's follow-up videos for FOB garnered additional MTV VMA Best Rock Video nominations in 2017 ("Young and Menace") and 2018 ("Champion"). In 2019, his video for Panic! At The Disco's record-breaking "High Hopes" earned him his second MTV Moon Man, also for Best Rock Video.

Soria holds degrees from Virginia Tech (BS in Industrial Design) and Florida State University (MFA in Film Production).
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