Hannes Rall is an Associate Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Area Coordinator of the Digital Animation Program at ADM.

Hannes Rall has shown his work in exhibitions and been an invited speaker for workshops and conferences in more than 20 countries worldwide. He has specialized in adapting classic literature, folk legends and fairy tales for animation from both, Western and Asian, source material. His films have been shown in more than 500 festivals and won 60 awards.

He is a member of the Society of Animation Studies. Since 2006 he has conducted research as principal investigator (PI) in 6 interdisciplinary research grants.