Bronx
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,
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
screenwriter
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dult swim
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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
and the author of the graphic novel, Black Dynamite: Slave Island.
Previously, Ash was a writer and producer of Adult Swim's
Peabody Award
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-winning
The Boondocks
Boondocks are remote, usually brushy areas.
Boondocks may also refer to:
* The Boondocks (band), an Estonian rock band
* ''The Boondocks'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Aaron McGruder
** ''The Boondocks'' (2005 TV series), the television ser ...
, FX's
Chozen
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The Jellies!
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,
Lazor Wulf
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,
Jamie Foxx
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Playhouse Disney
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's
Imagination Movers
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. Brian also wrote and produced animated segments for season two of
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohea ...
on
Comedy Central
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and was a writer, producer and director of the web sketch comedy series, The Super Rumble Mix Show.
In features, Ash was a writer and co-producer on
Universal Pictures
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' and Roc-A-Fella Films'
Paper Soldiers
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(the first feature film to star
Kevin Hart
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After winning se ...
) and has developed and written screenplays for
Lion's Gate Films
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.
With a background in
music video
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s and New York independent film, Ash landed his first production deal with the late George Jackson's UBO Network. There, he created IndiePlanet, an animated online series later syndicated by Sci-Fi Network.
In 2005, he wrote, produced and directed See Paris Die! an animated campaign for the
Paris Hilton
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Warner Bros.
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film, House of Wax. In 2001, Ash received World Animation Celebration's Best Animated Drama award for The Road to Graceland, a trilogy of animated prequels to the Warner Bros. release,
3000 Miles to Graceland
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. Starring
Kevin Costner
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and
Christian Slater
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, the project marked the first time a major film's cast created original content for the internet.
Bronx raised and
Yeshiva
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Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...