Born and raised in Paris, Texas, Ash Christian began his journey in his local community theater...starring in productions throughout his childhood. He starred in a touring production of Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers" and received rave reviews.With his background in the theater, Ash garnered his first film role at age 16 in Michael Cain's "Standing Still", playing a school shooter. After his first film, he was hooked...and being in front of the camera sparked his directing interest. He directed his first short film "Secrets Underneath" which screened at festivals across the United States.At the age of seventeen Ash moved, alone, to Los Angeles to pursue his film career. Since then, he has appeared in shows such as HBO's "Six Feet Under", CBS's "Cold Case", WB's "Jack and Bobby", Lifetime's "The Divison" and FOX's "Boston Public", as well as films such as "Domino", directed by Tony Scott, and "Man of the House" with Tommy Lee Jones.Ash recently appeared alongside talent such as John Waters, Gus Van Sant, Ang Lee, Heather Matarazzo and John Cameron MItchell in Lesli Klainberg's documentary "Fabulous!: The Story of Queer Cinema" which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and is currently airing on IFC.At nineteen years old, he wrote his first feature film "Fat Girls". At age twenty, he directed, produced and starred in "Fat Girls" alongside Jonathan Caouette ("Tarnation"), and Robyn DeJesus ("Camp"). Now an official selection of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, where "Fat Girls" will have its world premiere.Ash is in pre-production for his next independent comedy, "Mangus!", a story of a young boy with a disability who falls in love with an unlikely woman, and staying busy with the promotion of "Fat Girls" which will have a release and be screening at film festivals throughout the world over the next year.

Won the Coup de Cour award for persistence of vision at Montreal's Image + Nation Film Festival.Won the Outstanding Emerging Talent award from Outfest 2006 for "Fat Girls".