Ramaa Mosley
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| Born |
Ramaa Devi Mosley 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Laurel Springs School |
| Alma mater | Bennington |
| Occupation | American commercial, music video and feature film director, and screenwriter. |
| Notable work |
The Brass Teapot (director) Grace (director) Girl Rising (producer, Afgan section) |
| Spouse(s) | Cameron Gray 2004 |
Ramaa Devi Mosley is an American commercial, music video and feature and documentary film director based in Los Angeles. She is also an activist, known for raising national and international awareness of the victims of the Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping in Nigeria by using social media to raise awareness. In an interview Mosley conducted with CNN on May 7, 2014 to discuss the abduction of the Nigerian girls, Mosley raised national consciousness on the issue of the Nigerian kidnappings. In a short pre-recorded interview with ABC News, Mosley also had the chance to raise awareness about the kidnappings, and how social media has helped to galvanize a movement for justice.
Mosley was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mosley is the daughter of Marilyn Mosley-Gordanier and Rick Mosley and has two brothers, Raphael and Michael. Mosley was born on an Ashram and grew up in Ojai, California, where she attended Laurel Springs school. She has two children.
Mosley has directed two documentaries, We Can Make A Difference and Two Seasons and Home. Mosley has written and directed two short films, The Brass Teapot and Grace. She is considered to be one of the most successful female commercial directors in the industry and, to date, Mosley has won best director at the First Glance Film Festival for her short film Grace. In 2011, she won the Audience Choice Award at Dance Camera West for her short film In Dreams I Run Wild. Mosley has directed the feature film The Brass Teapot and produced the Afghanistan segment of 10x10's feature film Girl Rising.
At the age of 16, Mosley began directing music videos. At the age of 21 years, Mosley was directing music videos and then award winning national and international commercials for clients such as Adidas, ESPNW, and Powerade. Most recently Mosley has directed commercials for ESPN, Levi’s, and Nike. In February 2015, Mosley completed commercial campaigns for South West Airlines, Fuji Instax and Levi's. She is currently signed to Splendid and Co.
In February 2014, Mosley launched Adolescent Content. Adolescent is a production company which represents young prodigious directors ages 11 to 26 years old for work directing commercials, branded contented, web series, television, and films. Their young directors have recently completed campaigns for Beats Music Apps, Diesel, ESPN, American Girl, Vice, Tom's Shoes, Disney, and Skype. They help brands utilize the powerful voices of young people to speak to the youth demographic that they are targeting.
Adolescent Content represents prodigious teen and young millennial directors, photographers and social media influencers (as young as 11 years old). She has given a Ted Talk about the advantages of being a teen director called "The Power of Adolescent Directors".
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