Brian Ash is a writer and co-executive producer of Black Dynamite: The Animated Series, a writer and producer of the third season of Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks and a writer and creative consultant and on Freaknik: The Musical on Adult Swim. He is also a writer on Playhouse Disney's Imagination Movers (TV series). Previously, he wrote and produced animated segments for season two of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil on Comedy Central. He was also a writer, producer and director on The Super Rumble Mix Show, a comedy variety series starring Carl Jones, John Witherspoon and Gary Anthony Williams.

Brian Ash is the writer of the premiere issue of Ars Nova and Ape Entertainment's comic book based on the film, Black Dynamite. It's scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2011.

In features, Ash was a writer and co-producer on Universal Pictures' and Roc-A-Fella Films' Paper Soldiers and has developed screenplays for Lion's Gate Films and Urban Entertainment.

With a background in music videos and New York independent film, Ash landed his firs production deal with the late George Jackson's UBO Network. There, he created IndiePlanet, an animated online series later syndicated by Sci-Fi Network.

In 2005, he wrote, produced and directed See Paris Die! an animated campaign for the Paris Hilton Warner Bros. film, House of Wax. In 2001, Ash received World Animation Celebration's Best Animated Drama award for The Road to Graceland, a trilogy of animated prequels to the Warner Bros. release, 3000 Miles to Graceland. Starring Kevin Costner and Christian Slater, the project marked the first time a major film's cast created original content for the Internet.

Bronx raised and Yeshiva educated, Brian Ash is an alumnus of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Film & TV program. He lives in Los Angeles.

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