Hina Ali is a Pakistani documentary editor and director based in Brooklyn, New York. Hina's body of work reflects her journey as a modern Muslim woman and her passion for visual storytelling.
Hina’s recent work includes critically acclaimed feature documentaries Paint Me a Road Out of Here (DC/DOX, 2024) and Preconceived (SXSW, 2024).
She is currently directing two documentary films including Salam Shalom, The Untold Story of Jews in Pakistan.
Her previous editing and producing credits include the Emmy-nominated feature documentary Among the Believers (Tribeca 2015, PBS), Unladylike2020: The Changemakers (PBS), and Insha’Allah Democracy (DOC NYC Fest 2017, Amazon Prime).
Hina has also edited and produced films and shows for PBS, BBC, Vice, Discovery+, Amazon Prime, Starz, Hulu, Cheddar, Magnolia Network, Dawn News, and Aaj News. Her films have been screened at over fifty film festivals in over thirty countries. This includes IDFA, Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Documentary Edge Festival, and Vancouver International Film Festival.
She has served as a juror for the Emmys and IDA Awards.
She is a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow (2013-14) and Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellow (2017).
