Mousa Kraish was raised in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in New
York City. His family owned a small grocery in the heart of Flatbush,
Brooklyn where he worked while attending Brooklyn College. He gained a
B.F.A in creative writing and a B.A. in film. He went on to work as a
photographer and cinematographer for numerous media companies and went
on to start to build a career as a Music Video Director.
In 2002, he attended the Atlantic Theater Company where he studied with
Robert Bella through the studio
conservatory for two years. Afterwards, he acted mostly in downtown
spaces and black boxes, finding artistic homes with groups such as the
Barrow Group and The Drilling Company. In 2005,
Steven Spielberg cast him in
Munich (2005), starring
Eric Bana and
Daniel Craig.
Justin Lin cast him in his fourth feature,
Finishing the Game (2007),
which went on to premiere at the 2007 Sundance and San Francisco Film
Festivals.
Since then, he has appeared in several independent and television
films, as well as features, including such luminaries as
Mike Nichols,
Greg Mottola,
Judd Apatow and
Al Pacino. Other directors include
Sidney Lumet,
Steven Spielberg, and
Todd Solondz. In 2005, he made his
Off-Broadway debut in the Obie Award nominated play, Pentecost. Stage
directors include
Seth Barrish, Joe Clancy
and Olga George.
Since his move to Los Angeles, he has been directing numerous projects
including his current feature,
How to Make a Dollarbill in Brooklyn (2009).