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