Ali Charmi is a storyboard artist, animator and director with an MA Degree in Filmmaking from London Film School.
As a storyboard artist, Ali’s latest film credits include DEEP FEAR, No 1. movie on NETFLIX in the first week of Feb 2024 and the upcoming horror flicks THE SCURRY (d. Craig Roberts, starring Olivia Cooke & Rhys Ifans) and Close2Nature.
He did the storyboards for the short film, Orbit Ever After, which was nominated for BAFTA in 2014. He has storyboarded hundreds of commercials for brands such as Adidas, Martini, Nescafe, Deezer, Bumble, Amazon, Coca-Cola & Asashi.
BAFTA-nominated games company, Rovio (Game/Film Production Company, Creators of Angry Birds -www.rovio.com) hired him to create screenplays for their game Small Town Murders.
Currently, Ali is directing animation and as well as VFX sequences for the official Mandela family documentary about Nelson Mandela called MANDELA: TROUBLEMAKER. Ali was a senior animation artist on the critically acclaimed documentary COUP53 (2019). Edited by the legendary Walter Murch and featuring Ralph Fiennes. He has also directed animation projects including work optioned by FremantleMedia and made numerous music videos in the US, Finland, and the UK.
Ali has lectured at UAL, London College of Communications, Ravensbourne and the London Film School on Animation & Storyboarding.