Her favorite kinds of movies are set on trains. 

“I love the limitlessness of a constraint. You can paint all the way to the edge of that canvas. Also, what kind of person are you on a train? Train people can be anyone.”

Whether shooting on-location, writing a script for her next commercial, or building a world from her studio, Moriah uses her curiosity to explore the potential of different spaces and who we might be if we step into them.

Sometimes the most real truths are best grasped through fiction—a philosophy Moriah brings into the conceptual and character-driven scenes she designs and captures through her lens.

“There’s something magnetic about truth framed in a combination of whimsy and authorship. Reality reconstructed. Sub-genres bending and blending. Simultaneously holding the bigness of childhood and the bittersweetness of finding out that things are smaller than that. Art is us as people. I like stories that sit in the back of your mind on a Wednesday and help you be human in an indifferent world.”

In an attempt to subvert any sort of linear plot, Moriah began her adult life as an engineer and then an author before finally accepting the only thing that could safely contain her whims was directing. Since then, Moriah’s layered and elevated worlds have caught the eye of brands from Starbucks and Delta to Cadillac and Remy Martin.

If you can’t reach her, she’s in a rep theater watching something starring Gena Rowlands. Or making a list of obscure noir films on Letterboxed. She’ll call you back right after.

Select Clients & Publications Include:

1 Hotels, Architectural Digest, Authentic Hospitality, Baccarat, Betty Buzz, Boston Beer Co., Bulleit, Cadillac, Campari, Caraway Home, Cellier des Dauphins, Cocktail Academy, Delta, Dewars, DIAGEO, Don Julio, Espolòn, Forbes, Fox, Fred and Farid, Genesis House, Grey Goose, Gorillas, Gourmet Traveller, Jameson, Keeps, Krystal, Love Wellness, Martell, ModernHaus Soho, Moet & Chandon, Morimoto, Morton Salt, Mullen Lowe, Ogilvy, Ollie, Page Street Publishing, Pantalones Tequila, Pepsi Co., The Pierre Hotel, Planet Oat, PUBLIC, Pure Leaf, Purely Elizabeth, Remy Martin, Rocco Forte Hotels, Scarpetta, The Seville, The Spice House, San Pellegrino, Sombra, Starbucks, Starr Restaurants, Stearns & Foster, TODAY, Tumi, The Wonderful Company, Virgin, Vogue, Vox, Zero Bond