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MORA CAREW is a science fiction director, writer and producer. Her film 2 EYE DROPS FROM NORMAL, won the Programmers Award for Short Narrative at the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival. She subsequently entered into a licensing deal with AMC Networks. Her second film PAINT is on the 2025 festival circuit, winning awards at Miami Sci-Fi and Albuquerque Film Festival, and earning nominations at Berlin Sci-Fi and Wyoming International. PAINT ended its festival run at 2025 San Diego Comic-Con & Screamfest Horror NOLA. PAINT also played at the renowned Philip K. Dick Sci-Fi film festival, among other notable festivals.

Mora apprenticed director Peter Bogdanovich in directing and writing and assisted him in completing Orson Welles final film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, as well as the Buster Keaton doc THE GREAT BUSTER.

Mora is a graduate of improv/sketch comedy school Upright Citizens Brigade and 4-time recipient of their Diversity Scholarship. She performed around the country for 2 years with her improv comedy team.

Mora has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. She was a co-moderator for the 2024 Television Academy’s “Peer Circle” program, a member of the 2025 cohort, and sits on the Black Affinity Committee. She was selected as a 2025 AWD Rising Director and a 2026 Blackmagic Collective Studio Ready Initiative fellow, both announced in Deadline.


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