Ali Halawi is an animation lecturer and compositing artist from Cologne, Germany. He has taught animation at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ostwestfalen-Lippe and gives rigging and compositing workshops at various animation schools. For several years, Ali has worked as a compositing artist at OMME Animation, contributing to numerous game trailers and in-game content, as well as long-form productions such as Dante, VAMPYR and Little Charlie. He is currently touring the festival circuit with his own short film, FATIMA, an animated documentary about his mother.