Ashley Brook (she/they) is an award-winning Canadian director, producer and cinematographer based in Ontario. They work primarily in documentary film, television, and digital media.

Ashley launched Jackalope Films with an intent to focus on documentaries that transcend the ordinary and seek out magic and wonder in everyday life. As a creator Ashley gravitates to old stories, natural and imaginary worlds, drawing inspiration from the folk tales that captured her heart from an early age.

She’s also available for freelance collaborations as a director, dp, editor, or producer.

Résumé

accolades

2024 Canadian Screen Award Nominee - Best Picture Editing
2023 Banff Rockie Award Nominee - Best Short Form Non-Fiction
2023 NZ WebfFest Winner - Best Directing in an International Factual Series
2023 Canadian Cinema Editors Award Winner - Best Editing in a Digital Series
2023 AMC Networks' Female Creators Award Nominee
2020 Canadian Screen Award Nominee - Best Non-Fiction Digital Series
2019 Golden Sheaf Award Winner - Best Research
2019 Canadian Cinema Editors Award Winner - Best Editing in a Digital Series
2019 Golden Sheaf Award Nominee - Best Documentary Series
2019 IWCC (Web Series Canada) Canadian Spotlight Award Winner
2018 Canadian Cinema Editors Award Nominee - Best Editing in a Digital Series

filmmaker talent incubators

Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices alumna, 2019
DOC Breakthrough Program alumna, 2015

education

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies

Post-grad Certificate: Documentary Filmmaking

Post-grad Diploma: Post-Production (major: Editing; minor: Animation)

memberships

Documentary Organization of Canada

Canadian Cinema Editors

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

*drone pilot certified, basic operations

*cinematography reel

select credits [completed/aired]

Canadiana (Season 3)

Digital documentary series (10 eps)

The Canadiana Project Inc. / Bell Fund / Canada History Fund / Canada Media Fund / Parks Canada

series creator/producer, director, dp, editor/animator writer/researcher

Equator 360

Cinematic VR docuseries (4 eps)

Liquid Cinema Inc. / ARTE / Discovery Channel / NHK

associate producer

Canadiana (Season 2)

Digital documentary series (8 eps)

The Canadiana Project Inc. / Bell Fund

series creator/producer, director, additional camera, editor/animator, writer/researcher

TVO’s 50th Anniversary

Broadcast telethon & 50th Anniversary Celebration

TVO

executive producer, producer, director, editor (in-house)

Eye of the Beholder

Video game based on the documentary My Enemy My Brother

Fathom Film Group

creative producer, production supervisor (final stages only)

Eternal Spring

Feature documentary

Lofty Sky Pictres

story consultant / special thanks

Canadiana (Season 1)

Digital documentary series (7 eps)

The Canadiana Project Inc.

series creator/producer, director, additional camera, editor/animator, writer/researcher

Anthropocene

Feature documentary

Mercury Films Inc. / Bell Media

researcher, production coordinator

Long Time Running (The Tragically Hip)

Feature documentary

Banger Films / Bell Media

production coordinator, researcher

Dead Set on Life

Documentary series

VICELAND

production coordinator

Abandoned

Documentary series

VICELAND

production coordinator

Current Projects

Ashley Brook is an all-in-one documentary filmmaker tackling every stage of the creative process in the creation of vibrant factual stories, from story research, to cinematography, to video editing and animation. Upcoming, ongoing, and recent projects from her two production companies (Jackalope Films & The Canadiana Project), as well as recent freelance collaborations include:

In Production/Post | Written, Directed, DP’d, and Edited by Ashley Brook

Produced by: Ashley Brook / Jackalope Films

With the financial support of: Canada Council for the Arts

Animation frame


Ongoing | Created, Directed, DP’d & Edited by Ashley Brook

Produced by: Ashley Brook / The Canadiana Project Inc. (Ashley’s company)

With the financial support of: Bell Fund / Canada History Fund / Canada Media Fund / Parks Canada / Vlogbrothers sponsorship / Patreon

Image credit: Ashley Brook

Featured Episodes (Latest Season)


In Production/Post | Co-Directed and DP’d by Ashley Brook

Produced by: The Art of the Possible Inc. & TBA

With the financial support of: TBA