BURN
VIVA - FIRE
BECKS - GREEN BOX / CURVES
MTV GENETICALLY MODIFIED
DISCOVERY - MAN VS WILD
ROYAL - ELASTICS
BIOGRAPHY
Born and raised in New Zealand, Ash Bolland is a director who is committed to crafting incredibly unique, sophisticated images that engages the viewer with big, bold cinematic ideas, making the ordinary extraordinary. But, always keeping an authentic sensibility.
Ash has been asked to share his work with many international conferences around Globe, including KL Design Week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Semi-Permanent in Auckland, New Zealand , AGIdeas in Melbourne, Australia, RPRSNT in Sydney, Australia , CBNET in Tokyo, Japan and OFFF in Barcelona, Spain.
Ash is a director/owner of creative studio Umeric and recently signed with Curious Film, and Anonymous Content in the U.S. He is currently in pre-production of his first feature film.
Ash buy's a lucky cat every time he finishes a project. Recently he has purchased a bigger book shelf to accommodate the collection of porcelain felines, and the good fortune they bring in.
Maneki Neko, as the figurine is known in Japan, is believed to summon wealth, health and happiness into the homes and business which display them.
The sculpture depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning.
In the design of the sculptures, a raised right paw supposedly attracts money, while a raised left paw attracts customers. Ash believes creating memorable work is much like the Maneki Neko; it must attract, provoke and inspire people into your world.