Podcast Interview -FRED ASHMAN-WWW.FREDASHMAN.COM.mp3.Ghostman Radio Station
Fred Ashman As a 12 year old a teacher had the class take a very basic aptitude test. The result were goals. Freds were to become: a professional trumpet player, an audio engineer, a TV director, and a pilot. Achieving all those goals by age 30, he continued beyond those goals, becoming a CEO, writer, lecturer, author. He is also a husband, father and grandfather. "Goals are important, and believing in your dreams sets to stage. Actively gaining the knowledge skills and experience brings those goals into reach. Hard work, effort and never giving up makes them reality." Picture Career Starting as a on person shop fresh out of college he built a multi million dollar production company before age 30, and kept it going successfully for 40 years. As a writer-director-producer, Fred and his teams have won over 100 major awards for their film video and stage productions including Cine Golden Eagles, Gold Awards from both the New York and Houston festivals, over 70 Telly Awards, multiple Emmy Awards and others. His company earned a stellar international reputation for film, video and live event production world wide. Clients include American Airlines (35 years), Boeing, Sony (Japan) NCR (37 years), AT&T, , Disney, Universal, Pizza Hut, Rockwell International, Eli Lilly (Germany) Wells Fargo, Coca Cola, Chevrolet, SONY Japan and USA, Toyota, Bridgestone, Teradata, MasterCard International, Dassault Falcon (jets), Galaxy Aerospace-IAI Aircraft, Learjet/Bombardier, Royal Caribbean & Celebrity Cruise Lines, Sempra Energy, Qualcomm, and many others. Film credits include three Imax films, two for the C.R. Smith (American Airlines) Museum in Dallas, multiple award winning documentaries, plus many award winning shorts and commercials. His feature film, “Proud American”, which he wrote and directed, was released nationally on 750 screens (Cinemark, AMC, Regal ++). An independent production, the film features a veteran cast of actors from film and TV with Ashman’s signature heart touching stories and spectacular aerial images. The sequel, Just An America is ready for release in 2020. TV/Video credits include award winning documentaries, several TV network pilots , multi camera live broadcast (CBS) Emmy Awards Shows (director), and music videos. In 2016 Ashman directed 10 episodes of broadcast 1 hour show, shot with a live audience of 300, 6 cameras with live band, celebrity acts, for broadcast in SOCal market. An experienced pilot (4,500 hours), Ashman is renowned for his aerial filming expertise. He is both director and co-pilot on the Learjet missions for films and commercials. Ashman is also a classically trained professional musician who during college led his own rock band with multiple appearances on the Disneyland stages, opened for Stevie Wonder in concert and has been a studio musician, produced and conducted studio sessions and show with 50 piece live orchestras. Model Trains A model train enthusiast since age 10, the bug hit again in adulthood. This layout is in a large building. Picture
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