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ASHLEY JAMES
Producer, Director, Theatre Creator, Artist Enabler
Ashley James (she/her/hers) is an independent film producer, manager, and devised theatre creator, based in Atlanta. In 2015, she received the Princess Grace Theatre Honorarium Award to continue her work as an emerging director with Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts, where she also worked as a performer. Later, Ashley relocated to Atlanta where she worked on theatre and film productions with Alliance Theatre, 7Stages, Dupont Productions and more. Having graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s of Art in Theatre, she returned in 2018 to pursue her Master’s in Film Production. Since returning to Atlanta in the summer of 2020, Ashley has worked as a Production Coordinator on studio projects like Uglies(Netflix), Harold and the Purple Crayon(Sony) & Yellow(Amazon). From 2021 to 2022, Ashley also served as an Associate Artistic Director of 7 Stages Theatre. She is currently in production on a documentary feature about Double Edge Theatre and starting production on an animated short written and directed by Lebanese filmmaker and frequent collaborator Mazen Khaled.