Bronx
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,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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screenwriter
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dult swim
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and s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...
and the author of the graphic novel, Black Dynamite: Slave Island.
Previously, Ash was a writer and producer of Adult Swim's
The Boondocks
Boondocks are remote, usually brushy areas.
Boondocks may also refer to:
* The Boondocks (comic strip), ''The Boondocks'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Aaron McGruder
** The Boondocks (TV series), ''The Boondocks'' (TV series), the television s ...
, FX's
Chozen
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The Jellies!
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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
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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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) 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
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Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...