In 1984, she founded Renge Films (along with Bill Parker and Peter Allen) to produce commercials.
Ali was a prolific producer of music videos (over 200) including Stevie Wonder's "Part Time Lover."
In 1994, Ali produced her first feature film Kla$h,[4] which starred Giacarlo Esposito and Jasmine Guy.
In 2004, Ali was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film Tupac: Resurrection, which she co-produced with Lauren Lazin and Preston Holmes.
She knows how to talk to all kinds of people - white men, Black women, young brothers or sassy sisters, family members, business associates, money folk or moody artists.