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Ashley Avis

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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Ashley Avis
Official trailer for BLACK BEAUTY starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet, Mackenize Foy, and Iain Glen.
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Ashley Avis is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and is married to Edward Winters, who is her partner in their Los Angeles based production company, Winterstone Pictures.

After beginning her career as a journalist in New York City, and directing and producing several independent films in her twenties; in 2020 she wrote, directed, as well as edited Disney's Black Beauty starring Oscar Winner Kate Winslet and Twilight's Mackenize Foy. Inspired by Anna Sewell's timeless classic, the film was an official selection to 2021 Cameraimage and reviewed as a "gorgeous, sweeping epic" by Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Passionate about horses, and working with children through her nonprofit, she next embarked on a four-year documentary in Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022). The film won "Best Director" and "Best Cinematography" at DOCLA, "Best Documentary" at the Boston Film Festival and "Best Documentary" at the St. Louis International Film Festival; in addition to raising unprecedented awareness for wild horses and public lands protection.

Ashley lives in California with her husband Edward, and is the founder of The Wild Beauty Foundation.
BornJanuary 27, 1987
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From Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
Director Ashley Avis working with cinematographer Garrett O'Brien on the set of Deserted
Adolescence PR - Director Ashley Avis and India Eisley
October 6th, 2016.  Ashley Avis and Edward Winters at the Los Angeles premiere for DESERTED.
Director Ashley Avis with her fiancé, Producer Edward Winters on the set of Deserted
Director Ashley Avis on the set of Deserted
From Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
From Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
Adolescence PR - Director Ashley Avis
Adolescence PR - Director Ashley Avis
Adolescence PR - Director Ashley Avis
Ashley Avis

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Kate Winslet and Mackenzie Foy in Black Beauty (2020)
Black Beauty
6.4
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2020
Guillaume Roussel, Ashley Avis, Kai Krause, Richard Avis, and Edward Winters in Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022)
Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
  • Director
  • 2022
Jere Burns, Tommy Flanagan, Elisabeth Röhm, Romeo Miller, India Eisley, Ashley Avis, and Mickey River in Adolescence (2018)
Adolescence
5.3
  • Director
  • 2018

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Director

  • Guillaume Roussel, Ashley Avis, Kai Krause, Richard Avis, and Edward Winters in Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022)
    Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
  • Kate Winslet and Mackenzie Foy in Black Beauty (2020)
    Black Beauty
    • (directed by)
  • Hugo Martin, Connor Weil, Sloane Avery, Richard Avis, and Sascha Belle Nastasi in Being and Nothingness (2019)
    Being and Nothingness
  • Jere Burns, Tommy Flanagan, Elisabeth Röhm, Romeo Miller, India Eisley, Ashley Avis, and Mickey River in Adolescence (2018)
    Adolescence
  • Rachel Melvin and Thomas Beaudoin in The Trouble with Mistletoe (2017)
    The Trouble with Mistletoe
  • Jake Busey, Sebastian Bach, Mischa Barton, Gerry Bednob, Douglas Crise, Trent Ford, Winter Ave Zoli, Jackson Davis, Ashley Avis, Kelly Brannigan, Dana Rosendorff, Tyler Sellers, Edward Winters, and Michael Milford in Deserted (2016)
    Deserted
  • Motel 66
  • 4 (2014)
    4
  • Smoke (2014)
    Smoke
  • Premium Cali
  • Lionne Blanche (2013)
    Lionne Blanche
  • Sonas
  • Guardian
  • Alexa
  • The Making of Opus X

Producer

  • Guillaume Roussel, Ashley Avis, Kai Krause, Richard Avis, and Edward Winters in Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022)
    Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
  • Hugo Martin, Connor Weil, Sloane Avery, Richard Avis, and Sascha Belle Nastasi in Being and Nothingness (2019)
    Being and Nothingness
  • WannabeZ (2017)
    WannabeZ
  • Jake Busey, Sebastian Bach, Mischa Barton, Gerry Bednob, Douglas Crise, Trent Ford, Winter Ave Zoli, Jackson Davis, Ashley Avis, Kelly Brannigan, Dana Rosendorff, Tyler Sellers, Edward Winters, and Michael Milford in Deserted (2016)
    Deserted
  • The Picture (2016)
    The Picture
  • Motel 66
  • 4 (2014)
    4
  • Smoke (2014)
    Smoke
  • Premium Cali
  • Sonas
  • Guardian
  • Alexa
  • The Making of Opus X
  • L2 Living
  • The Cynical Life of Harper Hall (2011)
    The Cynical Life of Harper Hall

Writer

  • Guillaume Roussel, Ashley Avis, Kai Krause, Richard Avis, and Edward Winters in Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (2022)
    Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
  • Kate Winslet and Mackenzie Foy in Black Beauty (2020)
    Black Beauty
  • Hugo Martin, Connor Weil, Sloane Avery, Richard Avis, and Sascha Belle Nastasi in Being and Nothingness (2019)
    Being and Nothingness
  • Jere Burns, Tommy Flanagan, Elisabeth Röhm, Romeo Miller, India Eisley, Ashley Avis, and Mickey River in Adolescence (2018)
    Adolescence
  • Jake Busey, Sebastian Bach, Mischa Barton, Gerry Bednob, Douglas Crise, Trent Ford, Winter Ave Zoli, Jackson Davis, Ashley Avis, Kelly Brannigan, Dana Rosendorff, Tyler Sellers, Edward Winters, and Michael Milford in Deserted (2016)
    Deserted
  • Motel 66
  • 4 (2014)
    4
  • Smoke (2014)
    Smoke
  • Premium Cali
  • Sonas
  • Guardian
  • Alexa
  • The Making of Opus X
  • L2 Living
  • The Cynical Life of Harper Hall (2011)
    The Cynical Life of Harper Hall
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Ashley Avis (Reel)
Demo Reel 3:36
Ashley Avis (Reel)
BLACK BEAUTY (Disney+ Trailer 2020)
Demo Reel 2:07
BLACK BEAUTY (Disney+ Trailer 2020)

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    • January 27, 1987
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Edward WintersJune 6, 2015 - present
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    Founder of Winterstone Pictures in Los Angeles, CA.

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