Richard Rowntree

A graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury, he started work as an assistant to a top Post Production Consultant on films including "28 Days Later", "The Descent" & "Sunshine". In 2006, he moved into production on low-to-medium budget features, living and working all around the world (London, Rotterdam, Cannes, Toronto, Las Vegas and Los Angeles), and completed work on a number of festival award winning features, including several as an associate producer. In 2010, he moved into the world of the art department and has since completed work on a large number of TV, Commercial and Film projects as an HOD/Key Greensman - working with Academy Award winning Production Designers from around the world. Since 2014, he has written, produced and directed 11 award winning short films and 3 features which have screened at festivals around the world and been distributed in N America and Europe. He formed Ash Mountain Films in 2016 alongside his regular collaborators, as a filmmaking collective with a strong focus on including social commentary into their films. With a penchant for the horror-thriller and sci-fi genres, they have several features and shorts in development.