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name: "Ali Helnwein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ali-helnwein"
fi1m_id: "ali-helnwein"
imdb_id: "nm1265981"
tmdb_id: 1285606
wikidata_id: "Q97964563"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 March 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-12T20:10:57.486135+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ali Helnwein

## Identity

Ali Helnwein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ali-helnwein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ali-helnwein
- **IMDb ID:** nm1265981
- **TMDB ID:** 1285606
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97964563
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97964563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1265981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285606

Composer. Born 25 March 1982 in Vienna, Austria.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 March 1982, Vienna, Austria
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97964563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1265981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285606

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Electra*](https://film.one/film/electra-2025.md) (56)

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## Biography

Ali Helnwein is an Austrian composer and conductor based in Los Angeles. Born in Vienna on 25 March 1982, he studied at Hans Zimmer’s Media Ventures studio and spent seven years working with arranger and conductor David Campbell. In 2006 he founded the Traction Avenue Chamber Orchestra, which he continues to conduct; the ensemble is noted for premiering new works in unconventional venues.

Helnwein has scored numerous independent features and documentaries that have screened at Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca, including *Stray* (2021), *Darlin'* (2019), *This Much We Know* (2023), *Brut Force* (2022) and *Made in Ethiopia* (2024). He has also contributed original music or arrangements to Netflix series such as the *Untold* anthology and HBO documentaries, as well as additional music for theatrical features including *80 for Brady* (2023). His score for the 2025 thriller *Electra* was released as a soundtrack album.

*Sources: imdb.com, alihelnwein.com, filmmusicreporter.com, filmmusic.com, ascap.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Electra* (2025), Fi1m 56, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/electra-2025.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In Love & Struggle* (2026), Music
- *Soirée Gauche* (2026), Music
- *The Symphony of Dance* (2026), Music
- *Gaza's Twins, Come Back to Me* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Imago* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Electra* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/electra-2025.md)
- *Such a Pretty Girl* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Everyone Does It* (2025), as Score Engineer
- *The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Happy Birthday* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Play Hard* (2024), Music
- *Made in Ethiopia* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *A Time Apart* (2024), Music
- *The Tamarind Singer* (2024), Music
- *Burned to the Ground* (2023), Music
- *This Much We Know* (2023), Music
- *Xie Xie, Ollie* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *MOTHER OF THE DAWN* (2023), Music
- *80 for Brady* (2023), Additional Music
- *Bravo, Burkina!* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Stray in Kars* (2022), Music
- *He Watches* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Brut Force* (2022), Music
- *The Ticket* (2021), Music
- *Stray* (2021), Music
- *Mail Companion* (2020), Music
- *Squeegee* (2020), Music
- *Ed Ruscha - Motorized Photographs of Sunset Blvd. and Other L.A. Streets* (2019), Music
- *Darlin'* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Bug Bite* (2019), Music
- *Connecting the Dots: The Story of Feeling Through* (2019), Music
- *Father Figurine* (2019), Music
- *Balloon* (2019), Music
- *The VelociPastor* (2018), Music Arranger
- *Red Light* (2018), Editor, Music
- *Le Mans 1955* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Nevada* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Kaleidoscope* (2017), Music
- *Pretext* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Frontier* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *No Way to Live* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Asian Connection* (2016), Music
- *The Wicked Within* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Fruits De Mer* (2014), as Accordionist
- *Face in the Crowd* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *La Petite Mort* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Despair* (2010), Music

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