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Ashley Mellinger

Ashley Mellinger is a biracial actor/producer and co-founder of Desert Island Studios. After receiving her bachelor’s degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she worked as a professional actress for over a decade before relocating to Portland, Oregon. She prioritizes work for and about BIPOC and other marginalized voices, and is especially interested in telling stories that investigate trauma, mental illness, and prejudicial biases. She has written and produced for commercials, music videos, and short films, and is currently working on producing her second feature.

Ashley was a classically trained pianist before she decided to pursue filmmaking. She lives with her partner and co-founder, Joe Bowden. Her most recent short films include Vent and L’Ortolan.

Studio

Work

Commercial

Web video for Portland Spirit. Director: Brandon Blackwood. DP: Jesse Bettis.

Narrative

A fresh, contemporary adaptation of Sophokles' tragedy from T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson. Find out more about Antigone here.

Actor
Producer
Writer
Assistant Director

Vent (2020 / 4:55)

ACTOR, CO-WRITER

Current Projects

Will update this with stuff I'm working on now. Maybe will link it to a blog-style posting place. You can see some past work sample shots on my "Acting" page.

Antigone on Film
Feature
Color Theories short
Desert Island TV
Hand2Mouth's Our Town