---
name: "Ali Selim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ali-selim"
fi1m_id: "ali-selim"
imdb_id: "nm0783180"
tmdb_id: 107564
wikidata_id: "Q4725196"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:21:50.559623+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."
---

# Ali Selim

## Identity

Ali Selim

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ali-selim
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ali-selim
- **IMDb ID:** nm0783180
- **TMDB ID:** 107564
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4725196
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Selim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4725196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783180/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107564

Director. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Ali Mohamed Selim
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Selim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4725196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783180/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107564

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ali Selim is an American film and television director, writer and producer. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and attended the University of St. Thomas. He began his career directing television commercials and founded the production company Departure Films.

Selim wrote and directed the feature film *Sweet Land* (2005). His television directing credits include episodes of *Criminal Minds* (2011), *In Treatment* (2010), *Gracepoint* (2014), *The Looming Tower* (2018), *Manhunt* (2020) and *Secret Invasion* (2023). He has also written for series including *The Looming Tower* and *Hit & Run* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Secret Invasion* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Looming Tower* (2018), series, Director, Writer, Story Editor
- *Manhunt* (2017), series, Director
- *Gracepoint* (2014), series, Director
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Director
- *Sweet Land* (2005), Director, Producer
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ali-selim