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 the stage. Actively gaining the knowledge skills and experience brings those dreams and goals into reach. Hard work, effort and never giving up makes them reality."
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 the stage. Actively gaining the knowledge skills and experience brings those dreams and goals into reach. Hard work, effort and never giving up makes them reality."
Career
Starting as a one person shop fresh out of college he built a multi million dollar production company before age 28, 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.
TV/Video credits include award winning documentaries, several TV network pilots , multi camera live broadcast (CBS) regional 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 the 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. Pictured below is the MU2N corporate jetprop.
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 shows with 50 piece live orchestras.
Boards of Directors: Ashman Served as board member of NATAS (National Academy of Television Arts and Science) Southwest Chapter, for the San Diego Model Railroad Museum https://www.sdmrm.org and as board member and Vice Chair of the San Diego Air & Space Museum (a Smithsonian Affiliate) https://sandiegoairandspace.org/
Aviation
Airplanes are business tools, time machines actually. Private aircraft allow people to manage time far more efficiently. For example commuting from San Diego to Hollywood area reduces a 2-5 hour drive to 40 minutes. That mean more tim spent working and getting home in time for dinner with family, even if it's Friday at rush hour.
Being a pilot with a company plane also allows enormous flexibility of schedules without dependence on airline schedules and no TSA line and early check in times. Being a pilot also opens the doors to new clients, like airlines, manufacturers like Cessna Jets, Dessault Falcon Jets, Galaxy Aerospace, Learjet who all became multi year clients.
Picture below: Ashman with MU2 turboprop (jet-prop). 300+mph, up to 25,000 feet, 1,500 mile range.
Model Trains
A model train enthusiast since age 10, the bug hit again in adulthood. The layout below was dismantled and sold but a new layout is under construction in Hamilton Montana.
Video link below
Starting as a one person shop fresh out of college he built a multi million dollar production company before age 28, 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.
TV/Video credits include award winning documentaries, several TV network pilots , multi camera live broadcast (CBS) regional 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 the 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. Pictured below is the MU2N corporate jetprop.
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 shows with 50 piece live orchestras.
Boards of Directors: Ashman Served as board member of NATAS (National Academy of Television Arts and Science) Southwest Chapter, for the San Diego Model Railroad Museum https://www.sdmrm.org and as board member and Vice Chair of the San Diego Air & Space Museum (a Smithsonian Affiliate) https://sandiegoairandspace.org/
Aviation
Airplanes are business tools, time machines actually. Private aircraft allow people to manage time far more efficiently. For example commuting from San Diego to Hollywood area reduces a 2-5 hour drive to 40 minutes. That mean more tim spent working and getting home in time for dinner with family, even if it's Friday at rush hour.
Being a pilot with a company plane also allows enormous flexibility of schedules without dependence on airline schedules and no TSA line and early check in times. Being a pilot also opens the doors to new clients, like airlines, manufacturers like Cessna Jets, Dessault Falcon Jets, Galaxy Aerospace, Learjet who all became multi year clients.
Picture below: Ashman with MU2 turboprop (jet-prop). 300+mph, up to 25,000 feet, 1,500 mile range.
Model Trains
A model train enthusiast since age 10, the bug hit again in adulthood. The layout below was dismantled and sold but a new layout is under construction in Hamilton Montana.
Video link below
Times Square shot from helicopter in 70mm Imax
Below: Mitsubishi MU2 Jet Prop 8 pax 300+mph
Train Video Dec 2019