DOMINGO CORRAL
Independent Filmmaker • Composer • Multidisciplinary Artist
domingocorral@yahoo.com
YouTube: @DaddyMing-w9p |
X: @daddyming80073 |
FilmFreeway
Music: Spotify |
Apple Music |
DistroKid |
Good Day Productions
Professional Summary
Oakland-raised filmmaker, California College of the Arts alumnus, and career healthcare facilities professional. With more than 30 years as a Stationary Engineer and Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter—plus EMT training and Fire/Life Safety credentials—Corral brings a rare dual perspective of technical mastery and deep human service to independent cinema. His films restore family photographs, honor Tepehuan, Náayeri, and Wixárika ancestors, document East Oakland immigrant labor, and explore Indigenous emergence stories. As primary songwriter and composer (DaddyMing / Good Day Productions), he releases original narrative roots-rock and acoustic music on Spotify, Apple Music, and DistroKid that deepens the emotional and spiritual weight of every frame. Currently seeking project grants, residencies, and professional development support to expand traditional production skills, raise production values, and bring underrepresented personal and cultural stories to wider audiences.
In Tribute – Ray Gatchalian
In Loving Memory of Ray Gatchalian
Ray Gatchalian was a dear friend, peace activist, filmmaker, and light in the community. This website permanently hosts a full digital tribute and archive of his original site so that his voice, work, and spirit remain present.
Visit the Memorial Page → | Enter Ray’s Original Site (Local Archive) →
Education, Training & Mentorship
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Alumnus, Multidisciplinary Arts
Alameda County J.A.T.C. / Plumber’s Local 444
5-Year Journeyman Apprenticeship (1986–1991)
Local 39 Stationary Engineer’s Training School, San Francisco
DDC, CFC, High-Rise Fire Life Safety (1996–1999)
Merritt College, Oakland
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program (1999)
Chabot College, Hayward
Building Inspection Technology, Fire Life Science, Web Design
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Training
Instructor: Dr. Janet Childs — AAETS Diplomate, Founder of the Bay Area Critical Incident Stress Management Team, longtime Director of Education & Critical Incident Stress Response at the Centre for Living with Dying (Bill Wilson Center), and Consultant to the Oakland Fire Department CISM Team.
Dr. Childs has provided crisis intervention education and support to first responders, healthcare providers, and communities for nearly five decades, responding to major incidents including 9/11, the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, COVID-19, and the VTA mass shooting.
Film & Creative Experience
Independent Filmmaker, Director, Writer & Composer
- Directed, produced, and scored 70+ short films, experimental works, and music videos centered on ancestral memory, East Bay family history, Indigenous emergence traditions, caregiving as sacred practice, and metaphysical inquiry.
- Combines generative AI tools (Luma Dream Machine, Grok Imagine, Suno) under deliberate human direction with archival photo restoration and culturally grounded storytelling.
- Active festival circuit: multiple submissions to Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Short Films, International Short Films, Episodic), Cannes Indie Shorts, New York Indie Shorts, San Francisco Independent, Chicago International, Santa Fe International, and others.
- Music released on Spotify, Apple Music, and DistroKid; films and videos hosted on YouTube (@DaddyMing-w9p) and FilmFreeway.
Facilities & Healthcare Experience
Stationary Engineer — Kaiser Permanente Hospital, San Leandro
High-pressure boilers, HVAC & refrigeration, plumbing, fire/life safety, emergency power, medical equipment, nurse call, DDC controls. Emergency Response Team.
Stationary Engineer — St. Rose Hospital, Hayward
Full-scope hospital facilities maintenance including boilers, HVAC, fire/life safety, emergency power, and medical systems. Emergency Response Team.
Stationary Engineer — Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley
Hospital systems, medical equipment, nurse call, fire/life safety. Emergency Response Team.
Stationary Engineer — Westin Hotel SFO, Millbrae
DDC controls, refrigeration, HVAC, EPA refrigerant recovery, kitchen equipment, energy conservation, facility emergency planning.
Journeyman Plumber & Gasfitter — Local 444 / Steamfitters Local 342
Commercial, residential, industrial construction (hospitals, labs, high-rises, jails, treatment plants). Completed five-year apprenticeship.
Selected Filmography (2026)
- Teresita of the Sacred Mountains — Caregiving as sacred ceremony; Náayeri & Wixárika heritage.
- Mi Mamá — Family photographs of a mother’s four-year wait in Juárez and arrival in Oakland, 1969.
- The Almighty (Dark Jazz) — East Oakland elegy for immigrant fathers at the GM plant and Del Monte canneries.
- Summertime on the Boardwalk — 2002 Santa Cruz family photos reimagined as adventure of memory and joy.
- Tepehuán Scorpion in Amber O’Dam Epic — Visual poem for Tepehuan grandparents in the highlands of Durango.
- Locust of the Hollow Reed: Flute of the Unwinking Eye — Mythic meditation on Hopi/Diné emergence and quiet courage.
- Chahkanina – Song of the Emerging Stone — Caddo emergence tradition and the Rockwall, Texas stone formation.
- We are Become • Watchers from the Sky • EVERY DAY WE HEAL — Indigenous knowledge, sacred landscape, and the frontier of healing & spacetime.
Core Skills, Certifications & Community
Creative: Directing, screenwriting, original music composition & scoring, generative AI filmmaking under human direction, archival photo restoration, festival packaging, independent distribution.
Technical Certifications: Journeyman Stationary Engineer (Local 39), Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter (Local 444), EPA CFC Refrigerant Handling, EMT #99-1597, Fire Life Safety Director, Cleaver Brooks Boiler Training, MGI Systems Medical Gas/HVAC/Electrician, Certified Pool Operator, Indoor Air Quality.
Languages: Fluent Spanish. | Community: Volunteer, Oakland Fire Department EMT Training Division.
Grant Interests & Professional Development Goals
Seeking project grants, artist residencies, fellowships, and career-development awards that support independent filmmakers working with personal, cultural, archival, and experimental forms. Goals: advance traditional production and post-production skills alongside AI tools; secure resources for higher production-value works; expand festival, educational, and community distribution; and continue documenting East Bay and Indigenous Mexican family and community stories with dignity and depth. Open to mentorship and collaborative opportunities that value lived experience, healthcare-informed perspectives on resilience, and underrepresented narrative voices.