Frank Mosley

Directing

Frank Mosley

Frank Mosley is an actor and filmmaker from Texas living in Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the 2015 Berlinale Talents, 2017 NYFF Artist Academy, and 2016 Workshop for Auteurs led by Abbas Kiarostami. His directing work includes Good Condition (Fantasia 2023), Parthenon (Slamdance 2018), Casa De Mi Madre (Champs-Elysees 2017), and The Event (Fantastic Fest 2022), which debuted as a Vimeo Staff Pick and was named a "Top 12 Film of 2023" on NoBudge. Acting credits include Obex (Sundance 2025, Oscilloscope Laboratories), Rent Free (Tribeca 2024, Vinegar Syndrome), Quantum Cowboys (Fantastic Fest 2022, Factory 25), Freeland (SXSW 2020, MUBI), Chained for Life (NYTimes Critics Pick 2018, Kino Lorber), The Procedure (Sundance Jury Prize 2016, Adult Swim), Collective Unconscious (SXSW 2016, The Criterion Channel), and Upstream Color (Sundance Jury Prize, Berlinale 2013). He's been called "a superb actor and filmmaker" (RogerEbert.com) and "a dependably fantastic American indie mainstay" (Filmmaker Magazine).

Acting credits

OBEX poster
6.1

Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.

OBEX

2026

Ain't Them Bodies Saints poster
6.1

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter, born during his incarceration.

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

2013

Upstream Color poster
6.3

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

Upstream Color

2013

Whoopin' poster
NR

Two brothers come to blows over how to discipline a child for trying to drown the family cat. Things go haywire as one of the brothers is determined that the generational darkness of corporal punishment ends with him.

Whoopin'

2026

The Event poster
NR

It's 2 AM, and Vince just wants to know why.

The Event

2022

The Plan poster
10.0

Inside a modest Los Angeles apartment over the course of a single day, a group of disillusioned young adults prepares for a radical act they believe will change the world. As paranoia builds and fractures deepen, the lines between purpose, fear, and identity blur.

The Plan

2026

Rent Free poster
7.0

After hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, best friends Ben and Jordan come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers alike in a rapidly changing Austin.

Rent Free

2024

Little Doors poster
NR

In a quietly apocalyptic world a lonely woman discovers a small wooden door on the side of her body and must decide whether or not to open it.

Little Doors

2026

Thunder Road poster
6.8

A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Thunder Road

2018

They Follow poster
NR

Set a decade after It Follows. Plot TBA.

They Follow

Taurus poster
5.9

A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.

Taurus

2022

Some Beasts poster
5.5

A stoic farmhand in Appalachia is haunted by a mysterious presence in the woods as he cultivates his future in an effort to leave his past behind.

Some Beasts

2015

No artwork available
NR

On the eve of retirement, a veteran crime-scene cleaner and his replacement must cover up a deadly mistake when a routine job leaves them with one body too many and a dangerous higher-up on the way.

Lucky Us

Collective: Unconscious poster
6.2

A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?

Collective: Unconscious

2016

Ilsa poster
2.0

Featuring Bella Samman in the title role and Frank Mosley as her driver’s ed instructor. It is a misadventure involving blackmail, a pitbull and a clueless Instagram influencer.

Ilsa

2021

Kin poster
NR

In this poetic, fragmented portrait set in rural Oregon, three white millennials struggle to come to terms with their increasing sense of alienation from contemporary society. Their despair leads them to confront their perceived adversities in the most terrible way imaginable. A searing critique of white American values, KIN invites its viewers to contemplate the troubled and long-brewing reality of Trump's America.

Kin

2021

Panhandle Jim poster
NR

An experimental short film about a man on a self destructive journey.

Panhandle Jim

2014

Kiddo poster
NR

An expectant couple's parenting skills are put to the test when a hungry stranger shows up on their doorstep.

Kiddo

2022

Jackrabbit poster
NR

When a coal miner in 1930s Utah hides the loss of his job from his family, the quiet deception sets off a slow-burning collapse.

Jackrabbit

Raps poster
NR

When Daniel is sent to a CEDU school, part of America's troubled teen industry in the late 90s, he is forced into transgressive therapy sessions called "Raps" that are bent on breaking him down.

Raps

2023

Person to Person poster
5.2

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

Person to Person

2017

Freeland poster
4.3

Forced to go legal, an outlaw pot farmer fights to preserve her way of life.

Freeland

2021

Quantum Cowboys poster
7.3

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician.

Quantum Cowboys

2023

Reunion poster
NR

A man happens to run into an old acquaintance from high school while on a hike in the woods.

Reunion

2025

Behind the camera

The Event poster
NR

It's 2 AM, and Vince just wants to know why.

The Event

2022

Parthenon poster
3.8

A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. Inspired by The Kuleshov Effect, a dizzying provocation on art and objectification.

Parthenon

2017

Parthenon poster
3.8

A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. Inspired by The Kuleshov Effect, a dizzying provocation on art and objectification.

Parthenon

2017

The Ghost Who Walks poster
4.3

An imprisoned criminal rats out his former boss for one last chance to reunite his family and become the father he never was.

The Ghost Who Walks

2019

The Cellist poster
NR

For 25 years, Avron Coleman performed cello with the New York Philharmonic, as well as in numerous important string quartets. Retiring in 1997, this active, talkative, prolific, fascinating man still plays, and recounts tales of music and of his own life in music. The film contains lots of beautiful music by Schubert, Bach, Schumann, Brahms, and others.

The Cellist

2002

Relation poster
NR

Scott and Amanda have an announcement. Over Sunday dinner they admit to their father and younger brother, Darren, that they've been involved in an incestuous relationship for some years and that Amanda is pregnant. Now Scott and Amanda find themselves not only ostracized from their family but at odds with each other over the pregnancy.

Relation

2007

Relation poster
NR

Scott and Amanda have an announcement. Over Sunday dinner they admit to their father and younger brother, Darren, that they've been involved in an incestuous relationship for some years and that Amanda is pregnant. Now Scott and Amanda find themselves not only ostracized from their family but at odds with each other over the pregnancy.

Relation

2007

Holy the Sabbath poster
NR

A chilling portrait of loss and redemption when men create their own gods.

Holy the Sabbath

2006

Holy the Sabbath poster
NR

A chilling portrait of loss and redemption when men create their own gods.

Holy the Sabbath

2006

Holy the Sabbath poster
NR

A chilling portrait of loss and redemption when men create their own gods.

Holy the Sabbath

2006

Lions' Den poster
2.0

A group of old friends are hanging at one of their houses exchanging stories of sexual escapades, awaiting another friend to arrive so they can celebrate a birthday at a nude bar. When one of them is suddenly accused of having masturbated in his friend's bathroom, what starts as a McCarthy-era trial of accusations at one individual suddenly escalates into a night of judgment that tests the truth of their words and the strength of all their friendships. LIONS' DEN is an entirely improvised drama using both actors and non actors shot over the course of an evening, based from a loose outline. It ultimately is a probing of the way men behave with one another. It also emphasizes the way people point the finger at others to hide their own sins and actions. A melting pot of lies, truths, egos, and masculinity that is stirred with documentary-style filmmaking.

Lions' Den

2007

Lions' Den poster
2.0

A group of old friends are hanging at one of their houses exchanging stories of sexual escapades, awaiting another friend to arrive so they can celebrate a birthday at a nude bar. When one of them is suddenly accused of having masturbated in his friend's bathroom, what starts as a McCarthy-era trial of accusations at one individual suddenly escalates into a night of judgment that tests the truth of their words and the strength of all their friendships. LIONS' DEN is an entirely improvised drama using both actors and non actors shot over the course of an evening, based from a loose outline. It ultimately is a probing of the way men behave with one another. It also emphasizes the way people point the finger at others to hide their own sins and actions. A melting pot of lies, truths, egos, and masculinity that is stirred with documentary-style filmmaking.

Lions' Den

2007

Tears of God poster
NR

Longing for reunion with the dead and seduced by the chaotic allure of possession, a young woman struggles to find meaning in a barren, apocalyptic landscape, while those around her succumb to despair and madness.

Tears of God

2015

Two Story poster
NR

A visual cat-and-mouse game, TWO STORY is a looped video installation that seems to hint that the various people who inevitably come in and out of your life can leave an imprint that will never quite go away.

Two Story

2015

Two Story poster
NR

A visual cat-and-mouse game, TWO STORY is a looped video installation that seems to hint that the various people who inevitably come in and out of your life can leave an imprint that will never quite go away.

Two Story

2015

Two Story poster
NR

A visual cat-and-mouse game, TWO STORY is a looped video installation that seems to hint that the various people who inevitably come in and out of your life can leave an imprint that will never quite go away.

Two Story

2015

Spider Veins poster
7.8

A mercurial narrative about the reunion of two old friends. Loosely inspired by Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'.

Spider Veins

2016

Spider Veins poster
7.8

A mercurial narrative about the reunion of two old friends. Loosely inspired by Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'.

Spider Veins

2016

Leave poster
NR

Billy the Marine's last day home before going back to Iraq. Realizing he may never come back, he tries to make amends with various people in his life. For Billy, the real battle may be on the home front rather than the front lines. LEAVE is an entirely improvised drama that was shot over the course of one day in Arlington, Texas, using both actors and non actors, both family and friends of the director, all from a one page outline. The story ultimately describes the different ways people express their love to one another, and how these ways of communicating love are sometimes lost.

Leave

2007

Leave poster
NR

Billy the Marine's last day home before going back to Iraq. Realizing he may never come back, he tries to make amends with various people in his life. For Billy, the real battle may be on the home front rather than the front lines. LEAVE is an entirely improvised drama that was shot over the course of one day in Arlington, Texas, using both actors and non actors, both family and friends of the director, all from a one page outline. The story ultimately describes the different ways people express their love to one another, and how these ways of communicating love are sometimes lost.

Leave

2007

Leave poster
NR

Billy the Marine's last day home before going back to Iraq. Realizing he may never come back, he tries to make amends with various people in his life. For Billy, the real battle may be on the home front rather than the front lines. LEAVE is an entirely improvised drama that was shot over the course of one day in Arlington, Texas, using both actors and non actors, both family and friends of the director, all from a one page outline. The story ultimately describes the different ways people express their love to one another, and how these ways of communicating love are sometimes lost.

Leave

2007

Dogbite poster
NR

A series of strange phone calls force a man into a whirlwind of violence.

Dogbite

Invaders from Venus! poster
NR

A small Texas town battles intergalactic invaders.

Invaders from Venus!

2003

Invaders from Venus! poster
NR

A small Texas town battles intergalactic invaders.

Invaders from Venus!

2003