SHEREEN ALI
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
Shereen is an Irish-Iraqi Producer from Co Armagh, Northern Ireland who after studying in London started her career producing commercials in Doha, Qatar for international clients such as Qatar Airways, Al Jazeera, Pulse and the BBC. She was mentored by Producer Ed Guiney and Element Pictures during her time at the National Film and Television School where she graduated from the Producing MA in 2018.
After graduating she started developing a slate of film projects with her company Story Horse Pictures. FRANK’S JOKE the BAFTA long-listed animation was commissioned by the BFI and the BBC and broadcast on BBC4 in December 2018. The film travelled to festivals around the world including SXSW and Edinburgh International Film Festival and featured as Short of The Week. Her other short films have screened at BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals around the world and in 2019 she was invited to be part of the jury for the short film competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Shereen is currently in early prep on the feature film A HEALTHY STATE OF SUFFERING written by Rosamund Attwood with Craig Roberts attached to direct. Other projects in development include EXES FOR THE APOCALYPSE a Cardiff set zombie-romcom developed by Ffilm Cymru Wales. The animated tv series, THE EAST MIDLANDS MYSTERY SQUAD with creator Ed Bulmer, supported by the BFI Young Audiences Content Fund. The feature film IN THE NAME OF PLEASURE written by Lisa Clarkson and developed with the assistance of Short Circuit and Screen Scotland and an UNTITLED SINGING PRIESTS biopic set in Northern Ireland which is in early stages of development with BAFTA nominated writers Glenn Patterson and Colin Carberry.
In 2023 Shereen produced animated segments for the Netflix documentary HOW TO ROB A BANK from the producers of the Emmy winning AMANDA KNOX which was released in 2024. She also worked as Head of Production at Fred Films where she worked alongside Producer James Spring on films such as FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS, BLITHE SPIRIT and MOTHER’S PRIDE
Living and working abroad for 15 years, Shereen has recently returned to the island of Ireland, now based in Belfast.

