The Mo Brothers is an Indonesian

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duo consisting of

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, and

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Timo Tjahjanto Timo Tjahjanto (; born Timothy Tjahjanto; 4 September 1980) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his works on the horror and action genres. Tjahjanto runs the film production company Merah Production. Apart from ...

and

Kimo Stamboel Kimo Stamboel (born Mochammad Maliki Stamboel on 25 June 1980) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his works on the horror genres both as himself and also as part of The Mo Brothers with friend Timo Tjahj ...

. They have mostly worked on the

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, thriller, and horror

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. They first became known for directing the short film ''

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'' in 2007, which became the basis of their 2009 feature film debut ''

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'' (''Rumah Dara''). Together, they have received a

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nomination in 2016 for directing the action film ''

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'', after which Tjahjanto and Stamboel have gone on to make movies individually to further critical and commercial success.

Career

Tjahjanto and Stamboel met while both were students in

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. Stamboel began directing his feature film debut ''Bunian'' in

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with the entire cast and crew consisting of people who had no experience in filmmaking, including Tjahjanto who was a freelance cameraman. They worked together as co-directors for the first time in the 2007 short film ''

,'' which was later included in the 2008 anthology film ''Takut: Faces of Fear''. The short film's success led to the duo working on their 2009 breakout hit ''Macabre'' in 2009, receiving praise during its run at several film festivals and launched The Mo Brothers' name into mainstream recognition. They then directed, produced, and wrote the horror-thriller '' Killers'' which premiered at the

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to positive reviews. They followed up with the 2016

film ''

'' which stars

Iko Uwais Uwais Qorny (), known professionally as Iko Uwais, is an Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and martial artist. He is best known for acting in the action films '' Merantau'' (2009), '' The Raid'' (2011), '' The Raid 2'' (2014), ...

and

Chelsea Islan Chelsea Elizabeth Islan (born 2 June 1995) is an Indonesian actress, model, and activist. She has received two consecutive Citra Award nominations in the Best Actress category for ''Di Balik 98'' (2015) and ''Rudy Habibie'' (2016). Islan rose ...

. For their work on ''Headshot'', The Mo Brothers were nominated for Best Director at the 2016

but lost to

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(''

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''). After ''Headshot'', Tjahjanto and Stamboel have since released feature films individually while still collaborating in different capacities, such as Stamboel who co-produced Tjahjanto's 2018 Netflix original film ''

The Night Comes for Us ''The Night Comes for Us'' is a 2018 Indonesian action thriller film written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. It was originally conceived as a screenplay and then adapted into a graphic novel, before finally being released as a film. In December ...

''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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