Mo Ali (Somali: Maxamed Cali, Arabic: محمد علي) is a Somali-British film and television director.
[1] He rose to prominence after directing several prominent grime and house music videos in the early 2000s including the first video for Lethal Bizzle's "Pow (Forward)",[2] Skepta's "Rolex Sweep" and Boy Better Know's "Too Many Man".
He began his movie career in 2010, making his directorial debut in the drama film Shank, set in a futuristic London.
[3][4] 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.
[5] 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.