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As president and creative director of Umachaka Media Inc. Ashley has focused his passion on combining his experience in film communication with children's education. He has developed an interactive digital world for preschoolers, TJ & Pals, that empowers children to learn as they play on the web and apps.Gifted in working with children, Ashley directed films for Mattel's toys, games and learning products creating many memorable commercials for their Disney and Sesame Street brands, including "Winnie the Pooh" and "Dr. Seuss". As a director of U.S.and international TV and Cinema commercials, Ashley used film as a marketing, communications and advertising tool.Ashley has worked with most of the leading advertising agencies and with over 100 corporate clients including: Coca Cola, General Foods, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Mercedes Benz,M&M Mars, Panasonic, Visa, Exxon, Shell, BP, Mattel, Disney, Dunhill and 3M. Ashley has won over 80 awards at international advertising and film festivals including: New York Clio Awards and first prizes at Cannes, London and Tokyo film festivals.He has directed over 30 documentaries, winning the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award for Canvas in the Sky, a film on flying trapeze artists. His marketing documentary Spring and Spring Hill launched General Motor's new car company Saturn in the half hour before the Super Bowl. It won first prize at the New York Marketing Awards Festival. Ashley wrote and Directed E'Lollipop, starring Jose Ferrer and Karen Valentine. When released, it was the second highest grossing feature-film in South Africa's box office history. Acknowledged as a founding force in the South African advertising and film industry he established AKA Studios which became the leading producer of advertising and marketing films in South Africa.Specialties: Creative concept development, film production, film direction, script writing, web development, app development, marketing strategy.