Mo Ali (, ) is a
Somali-
British
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film and television director.
Biography
Ali was born in
Saudi Arabia
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. He rose to prominence after directing several prominent
grime
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* "Grime", a 2024 song by Kittie from ''Fire
...
and
house
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music video
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s in the early 2000s including the first video for
Lethal Bizzle
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's "
Pow (Forward)",
Skepta
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's "
Rolex Sweep" and
Boy Better Know
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's "
Too Many Man
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The song was originally conceptualised by Skepta, due to ...
".
He began his movie career in 2010, making his directorial debut in the drama film ''
Shank'', set in a futuristic
London
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.
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
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author and philosopher Jeff Lint.
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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
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'' (2014)
*''Somaliland: The Documentary'' (2018)
*''Breathe'' (2021)COBRA
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'' (2021, 2 episodes)
*''Hijack
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* ''Hijack!'' (1975 film), a British children's drama film
* ''Hijack'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi-language action f ...
'' (2023, 2 episodes)
See also
* Cinema of Somalia
References
External links
*
Somalian film directors
English people of Somali descent
Living people
Saudi Arabian people of Somali descent
Saudi Arabian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Year of birth missing (living people)
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