Fraser Ash

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Fraser Ash is a Canadian film and television producer, associated with Rhombus Media. [1] He is most noted as a producer of the 2023 film BlackBerry , which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [2]

His other credits have included the films Closet Monster , Paseo , Disappearance at Clifton Hill , Possessor and Seven Veils , and the television series The North Water .

In 2019 Ash and his producing partner Kevin Krikst won the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award from the Canadian Media Producers Association. [3]

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References

  1. Punter, Jennie (5 September 2019). "'Clifton Hill's' Krikst and Ash Win Canadian Media Producers Assn. Award". Variety .
  2. "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northernstars.ca. 6 March 2024.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Kay, Jeremy (5 September 2019). "'Kuessipan', 'Clifton Hill' producers win at 2019 CMPA Indiescreen Awards". Screen Daily .