The Mo Brothers is an Indonesian filmmaking duo consisting of directors, producers, and screenwriters Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel.
[2] Together, they have received a Citra Award Best Director nomination in 2016 for directing the action film Headshot, after which Tjahjanto and Stamboel have gone on to make movies individually to further critical and commercial success.
[4] Stamboel began directing his feature film debut Bunian in Sydney with the entire cast and crew consisting of people who had no experience in filmmaking, including Tjahjanto who was a freelance cameraman.
They then directed, produced, and wrote the horror-thriller Killers which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews.
For their work on Headshot, The Mo Brothers were nominated for Best Director at the 2016 Citra Award but lost to Riri Riza (Athirah).