Fiona Ashe

Director, Screenwriter, Script Consultant at FlasheForward Films
Director, Screenwriter and Script Consultant

Drogheda, Ireland

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March 2018

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About Fiona

Fiona Ashe is an award-winning Director and Screenwriter, who specialises in political thrillers about social injustice. She reached the Quarterfinals of the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2016 with her debut feature screenplay ‘Cracks in the Ice’, which explores how blood diamonds funded the 9/11 attacks. It also won the Best Screenplay Award at the International Film Festival Ireland in 2011. She has a slate of projects in development and is always interested in hearing from producers with experience of international co-productions.

Professional Qualifications
Diploma in Advanced Film Directing, New York Film Academy.
Graduate of The Professional Screenwriting Program, ScreenwritingU, Los Angeles.

Additional Training
Fiona has been trained in directing actors by Los Angeles writer/director Mark W. Travis and has taken masterclasses under the tuition of Wim Wenders, Anthony Minghella, Mike Figgis, Stephen Frears, Spike Lee, Stephen Daldry, Mike Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader, Bruce Block and Lance Weiler.

Additional Skills
In addition to writing and directing, Fiona is also a Script Editor, having completed training with the Script Factory (UK) and the BBC. She was a Script Reader for Northern Ireland Screen 2013–2014.

Memberships
Screen Directors Guild of Ireland
Writers Guild of Ireland
Irish Film and Television Academy (founder member)
Women in Film and Television

AWARDS
Cracks In The Ice:
– Quarterfinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2016
– Best Screenplay Award, International Film Festival Ireland 2011.
Shades of Gray:
– Best Film Noir Award, New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2003

Unique traits: I specialise in thrillers about social injustice. I also love Film Noir, social reality, emotional drama and musicals.

Gender:
Female

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Photos

Director Fiona Ashe giving a talk on low budget filmmaking at the Cluj Film Festival, 2015.

Fiona Ashe with Hollywood actor Stephen Tobolowsky, his wife Ann and two of our German friends at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest, 2015.

Fiona Ashe with fellow Irish director Declan Cassidy at the closing gala of the Cluj Film Festival in Romania, 2016.

Fiona Ashe at the closing gala of the Cluj Film Festival in Romania, 2015.

Credits

Rapunzel: The Blonde Years (2008)
Film (short) by Ashe Productions / Just Write Director / Editor / Co-Producer Rapunzel is desperate to escape from her tower prison. The Handsome Prince comes to rescue her but discovers there are situations where size really does matter.
Shades of Gray (2000 - 2001)
Film (short) by Ashe Productions / Love Seat Entertainment Director / Editor / Co-Writer / Producer A tough-talking private investigator in New York city confronts the police chief over allegations of brutality in the force. Suddenly she finds herself up against the entire NYPD on the gritty, crime-ridden street of New York, pursued by the force that's supposed to protect her.

Awards

Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Quarterfinalist — 'Cracks In The Ice'
(2016)
Best Screenplay Award, International Film Festival Ireland — 'Cracks In The Ice'
(2011)
Best Film Noir Award, New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
(2003)