Ashley Morris is a autistic writer, director and producer from the Wild West Midlands. His work explores themes of class, poverty and family, drawing from lived experience and grounded storytelling.
In 2023, he was funded by BFI Doc Society for Do You See What I See?, a documentary examining the cost of living crisis through the experiences of female shoplifters in Derbyshire. In 2022, he received BFI funding for his short film Home Movie, inspired by family photographs and memories of growing up in a poorer working class household.
Ashley was selected for Channel 4’s emerging talent scheme, 4Stories, where he directed Adulting for the BAFTA winning On The Edge anthology. The directing scheme focuses on finding diverse and exciting new talent in the UK. Adulting went on to win a BAFTA Cymru award. In 2021, he was put forward for a BAFTA for emerging talent by Blacklight TV and Channel 4.
His work has premiered at Aesthetica Film Festival, screened at Derby Film Festival, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, BFI Southbank, Folkestone Documentary Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Underscore Cinema and broadcast on Portugal Arts Channel and Channel 4.
Ashley recently produced the BFI short The Butcher, an all you can eat comedy horror written and directed by Selina Mosinski and Stuart Edwards. The project was developed under LOAF, a body of work exploring working class narratives through low-fi aesthetics.