Mo Ali

Mo Ali (Maxamed Cali, محمد علي) is a Somali-British film and television director.

Biography
Ali was born in Saudi Arabia.

He began his movie career in 2010, making his directorial debut in the drama film Shank, set in a futuristic London.

Ali is sometimes confused with the other Mo Ali, a writer and artist featured among the cast of Lint the Movie, a 2011 documentary on the cult science fiction author and philosopher Jeff Lint.

He directed the second block of COBRA series 2 starring Robert Carlisle and Victoria Hamilton for New Pictures and Sky and is currently in pre production on a new series PILOT SKIES starring Idris Elba.

Filmography

 * Shank (2010)
 * Montana (2014)
 * Somaliland: The Documentary (2018)
 * Breathe (2021)
 * COBRA (2021, 2 episodes)
 * Hijack (2023, 2 episodes)