Ash Bolland
Directs, crafts and creates films and commercials.
About Me
Born and raised in New Zealand, Ash Bolland is a director who is committed to crafting incredibly unique, sophisticated images that engages the viewer with big, bold cinematic ideas, making the ordinary extraordinary. But, always keeping an authentic sensibility.
Ash has been asked to shared his work with many international conferences around Globe, including KL Design Week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Semi-Permanent in Auckland, New Zealand , AGIdeas in Melbourne, Australia, RPRSNT in Sydney, Australia , CBNET in Tokyo, Japan and OFFF in Barcelona, Spain.
Ash is a director/owner of creative studio Umeric and recently signed with Anonymous Content in the U.S. He is currently in pre-production of his first feature film.
Ash buy's a lucky cat every time he finishes a project. Recently he has purchased a bigger book shelf to accommodate the collection of porcelain felines, and the good fortune they bring in.
Maneki Neko, as the figurine is known in Japan, is believed to summon wealth, health and happiness into the homes and business which display them.
The sculpture depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning.
In the design of the sculptures, a raised right paw supposedly attracts money, while a raised left paw attracts customers. Ash believes creating memorable work is much like the Maneki Neko; it must attract, provoke and inspire people into your world
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Swatch & MTV Playground
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MAN VS WILD DISCOVERY CHANNEL
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CREDITS
* Discovery CD Jeff Strong
* Discovery PM Kevin Lahr
* Discovery Producer Tyler Korba
* Director Ash Bolland
* Exe Producer Von Dekker
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MTV GENETICALLY MODIFIED HD 'ALLEYWAY'
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* Client MTV
* Director Ash Bolland
* Network CD John Kwoka
* Producer Von Dekker
* Production Umeric
* Animation/VFX Umeric
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'Birth' + 'Milk' Meet or Delete HP + MTV
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These spots were commissioned by MTV to promote the HP sponsored show Meet or Delete - a dating show where guests search though a person's personal… -
MTV + HP Milk
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MTV ORGANIC
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MTV commissioned us to direct 12 channel Idents and the print materials for the re-brand of MTV Australia.
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PowerPlant Christchurch Arts Festival
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Asked by Strategy to direct a TVC and print materials for New Zealand's Christchurch Arts Festival, a showcase of local and international art.
Ash responded with the… -
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