Ross Boyask was born in Brighton, UK and studied Media Production at Bournemouth University. He shot, edited and directed in excess of forty short films including the Pure Vengeance which starred Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum, Undisputed I and III, Ninja) and was praised by the critic Jonathan Ross who featured the film on his television show Stop! Kung Fu! In 2004 Ross went on to shoot, edit and direct his first feature-length martial arts action film Left For Dead, which sold in around twenty territories, before editing and directing his latest action thriller Ten Dead Men, which was released internationally in 2009, has been covered extensively by national and international magazines and websites, has screened at film festivals including Phantasmagoria 2008, and was nominated for the Best Action Film award at the End Of The Pier Festival. Ross is currently developing a slate of cutting edge genre film and television projects, including martial arts, science fiction and horror films in the US$4M range, is currently in post-production on the martial arts action fantasy film Warrioress, and is preparing to direct the £1.7M action horror, Manor Hunt Ball in 2011. His key directorial influences are Walter Hill, Sam Peckinpah, Luc Besson and John Woo.