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Alex Ashe

Cinematographer | Director

Narrative & Documentary
Peter Hujar’s Day
Cleopatra At The Mall
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
Magic Ring
Conspiracy
Summer of Soul
Nosferasta: First Bite
Slip
White Devil
Clout
 Mr. Parker

Commercial & Music
Pyer Moss Open Studio
Reebok Open Studio
Reebok Collection 4
Natasha Kalila Wild Dogs
Nick Hakim Qadir
lojii sposed2feel
Exist To Resist MPJI
Exist To Resist Rock The Vote 
Nick Hakim Bouncing
lojii Starter Pack

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Alex Ashe is a cinematographer and director from Brooklyn, NY. In 2024 he was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

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Alex Ashe is a cinematographer and director from Brooklyn, New York. He combines a love of global film history and a passion for telling marginalized stories with over 12 years of experience in Camera + Electric departments and specialized skill shooting analogue film. A lighting expert with a sensitivity for black and brown skin tones, he worked his way from electric to gaffer on over 16 feature films before transitioning to high end commercial, fashion, and music videos, culminating his gaffing career with HBO’s Peabody Award winning series Random Acts of Flyness.

As a cinematographer he has lensed numerous award winning projects, including Conspiracy (Golden Lion w/ Sovereignty Venice Biennale 2022), Nosferasta (Best Short Film IFFR 2022), and Summer of Soul (addl. photography) (Academy Award Best Documentary 2022). His first feature as director of photography, Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich’s The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, took home multiple awards on the festival circuit, was an official selection at IFFR 2024, NYFF 2024, TIFF 2024, and is set to be released by The Cinema Guild in 2025. His sophomore effort, Ira Sach’s Peter Hujar’s Day, is making its world premiere at Sundance 2025.  

As a director, his first short film, 2019’s Mr. Parker, screened at BamCinemafest + UrbanWorld. His second short film, Magic Ring, premiered at the 60th New York Film Festival.

In 2024 he was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film.