Ash Christian, an Emmy award-successful producer, actor, filmmaker and founder of Cranium Enjoyment, died in his snooze on Thursday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He was 35.
Born on Jan. 16, 1985, in Paris, Tex., Christian began composing and directing limited films at the age of 14, and moved to Los Angeles to go after his dreams just two years later. He wrote, directed and starred in his first characteristic film, “Fat Women,” in 2006 at just 19 a long time outdated. The movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Pageant and won an award for superb rising expertise at L.A. Outfest.
In 2014, Christian gained a Daytime Emmy for excellent exclusive-class short-structure daytime method for “mI Guarantee.” He shared the award with his manufacturing lover Anne Clements and executive producers Lauralee Bell and Scott Martin.
Christian went on to act in quite a few television shows such as “The Very good Fight,” “The Fantastic Wife” and “Law and Purchase,” but uncovered his correct contacting with manufacturing. Underneath his firm, Cranium Amusement, Christian created and produced films this sort of as “1985,” “Hurricane Bianca,” “Burn,” “Social Animals” and “Coyote Lake.”
“Ash was a great pal, colleague and partner in criminal offense. He was a champion of indie film and filmmakers and his enjoy of the procedure of placing motion pictures collectively was infectious. My coronary heart goes out to his spouse and children, specifically his mother. The world shed 1 of the very good ones,” reported Clements.
Christian and Clements experienced few new releases in the will work, which include “Chick Fight” with Malin Akerman, Fortune Feimster and Alec Baldwin coming out in the slide, and “Paper Spiders,” featuring Lili Taylor, Max Casella and Peyton Record.
“With Ash, work was constantly enjoyable. That’s the result he experienced on persons. I will skip my superior good friend dearly, as I know so lots of other individuals will as perfectly. The environment has lost a gifted writer/director/producer, but most importantly, a great man or woman who experienced so a lot a lot more daily life to live” said Christian’s producing spouse Jordan Yale Levine of Yale Productions,
Christian and Yale Levine experienced not long ago worked on “After Everything” with Marissa Tomei, Gina Gershon and Jeremy Allen White, and “Burn” with Josh Hutcherson, Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Suki Waterhouse.