Mo Perkins is an award-winning feature film and television writer and director.
She wrote and directed her first feature, a character drama called A QUIET LITTLE MARRIAGE (Mary Elizabeth Ells, Cy Carter, Jimmi Simpson, Michael O’Neill, Charlie Day and Melanie Lynskey). It won many awards on the festival circuit and was distributed by IFC.
Her second feature was a comedy called THE LAST TIME YOU HAD FUN (Demetri Martin, Eliza Coupe, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Charlene Yi, Jimmi Simpson and Kyle Bornheimer). It also won awards on the festival circuit and was distributed by Gravitas.
Most recently Mo directed episode 6, season 2 of the scifi drama MANIFEST for NBC and every episode in season 2 of the romantic musical comedy I SHIP IT for the CW.
She earned an MFA in directing from UCLA. Her thesis film, PISS HAT, was nominated for a Student Academy Award. She is an alumnus of The Ryan Murphy Half Initiative, WeForShe Program, WB TV Directors Workshop, Sony Diverse Directors’ Program and the Film Independent Feature Film Labs.
Currently Mo is developing several series for television including one inspired by the commune she grew up on.
