he has sean baker credits (the florida project and tangerine are his big things) he just moved into the Hollywood hills, but he's been in LA for years and years. went to the school of visual arts in manhattan. he's very serious about shining a light on people who are underrepresented in film. i love how outspoken ali seems to be in your bio, which theo would have tons of respect for and support. i noticed that their films get out and the Florida project came out around the same time and that they were doing the awards circuit together in a way like a roundtable event and stuff like that in 2017 so maybe they could have met and got better acquainted around then?