Experience

Motion Picture Industry

• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Actress

  • Aug 2007 - Present

  An actress across film, television & theater Ashley Bell is most recognizable for her critically acclaimed role in The Last Exorcism, (Independent Spirit Award & MTV Movie Award nomination.) Bell has crossed genres, making her Broadway debut in Machinal and has starred in films that have been staples in the independent film festival circuit, premiering at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca & TIFF. Bell narrated her feature documentary, Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story. She’s voiced commercials, cartoons, and several top-selling video games, including The White Queen in Disney's “Alice in Wonderland,” Erline in Sony PlayStation’s “Sorcery,” Meteora in “Scalebound,” The Penguins of Madagascar, Final Fantasy, Smurfs: The Lost Village, 3 Below: Tales of Arcadia, and the animated series “The LeBrons,” starring NBA player LeBron James. Show less



Love & Bananas - An Elephant Story

• Director, Writer, Producer

  • Dec 2012 - Jun 2019

  Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story is rated 93% “Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, and was released by Abramorama in 2018. The film had a successful nationwide theatrical release with over 125+ theatrical bookings across the US and Canada, a national STARZ broadcast, an exclusive global iTunes release, a DVD release on Netflix and a 91st documentary Academy Award run. Ashley Bell and a team of elephant rescuers led by world renowned Asian elephant conservationist Lek Chailert, embark on a daring 48-hour mission across Thailand to rescue a 70-year old captive blind Asian elephant and bring her to freedom. Show less



Amazon

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Shoot It. Sell It. Show It. : How I Made An Independent Film with Grit & Google

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

  A handbook for independent filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers, written by actress/director Ashley Bell. Bell recounts her experiences making her documentary Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story. From inception to securing distribution, Bell discusses hard-won intel on fundraising, crowdfunding, pre-production, script development, shooting on the fly, editing, post-production collaboration with sound mixers and colorists, distribution windows, and sales. This is a view from the trenches of all aspects of indie film production from someone who learned it the hard way. A comprehensive guide to all the things you won't learn in film school, including words of advice from seasoned industry pros. Show less