Bio

Bruce Ashley was born in Sydney, Australia and has lived in Fiji , the UK and the USA.
He served in the Royal Australian Air Force and worked for six years at the Seven Network in Sydney as a Technical Director. He has a passion for photography, is a patron of the International Center of Photography and a member of the Recording Academy (Grammies). He studied Computer Science at Macquarie University in Sydney and earned credit at the School of Visual Arts and New York University for writing, film and philosophy.

He is an accomplished editor and has worked on a variety of projects including many cause-related ventures. His editing credits includes drama, documentaries, TV series, commercials, music videos and concerts. Noteworthy projects include the MTV "Buzz" TV series; the AIDS awareness documentaries "Red Hot & Dance" and "Red Hot & Cool," the Michael Moore documentary "Pets or Meat," film segments for the 1996 Beat Experience exhibition at the Whitney Museum and the "David Bowie & Friends" concert at Madison Square Garden. Recent work includes "The Patriot Act" directed by the Oscar nominated director Lilibet Foster; the Michael Stipe initiative for hurricane Katrina relief "In the Sun" (Telly Award) and the Grammy nominated film for the recent Bruce Springsteen album "Devils and Dust."

Bruce has also edited numerous music videos for artists including INXS (MTV Best Video), Lush, Jesus and Mary Chain, Love and Rockets and Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," (MTV Best Video), Madonna "I Want You," Los Lobos "Kiko and the Lavender Moon," Iggy Pop "Wild America," the Santana hits "Smooth," "Maria Maria" and "Put Your Lights On" and a Bob Dylan video for the feature "Gods and Generals."

Among his numerous commercial projects are spots for Guinness (Cleo), Clinique, the NBA (One Show Pencil), Foster's Beer(One Show Pencil), Compaq, Lexmark, AT&T, Miller Breweries, Cingular, Verizon, Coldwell Banker, Astra Zeneca, JC Penny and Avon.

Film making and directing work include a campaign of PSAs (Public Service Announcements) for the YouthAIDS organization, featuring the personalities - Ashley Judd, Blair Underwood, Joss Stone and Timbaland; an award wining experimental short “A Lover’s Whisper"; promotional fashion films for designers Christian Francis Roth and Weevil; a documentary that uniquely explores the 9/11 attacks in New York City and corporate films for Saatchi and Saatchi Healthcare, Astra Zeneca, Sanofi Aventis and Pfizer. On a more eccentric note, he recently directed Schaffer the Darklord’s (STD) debut music video “The Rappist” (over 500,000 hits on YouTube) and he is slated to direct his first independent feature in 2008.

Bruce is represented by Company X in New York City.

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