Ash Baron-Cohen

{{short description|English filmmaker}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox person

|name= Ash Baron-Cohen

|birth_name= Ashley Louis Baron-Cohen

|birth_place=Hampstead, London, England

|alma_mater=University of Sussex

|occupation=Film director, screenwriter, film producer

|notable_works=This Girl's Life

|relatives=Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (brother)
Dan Baron Cohen (brother)
Sacha Baron Cohen (cousin)
Erran Baron Cohen (cousin)

}}

Ashley Louis Baron-Cohen,{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=UFoaYauARa7HYvpObQnZsA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=3 June 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} also known mononymously as Ash,{{cite book |last1=Allon |first1=Yoram |last2=Cullen |first2=Del |last3=Patterson |first3=Hannah |date=2002 |title=Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/contemporarynort00yora |url-access=registration |publisher=Wallflower Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/contemporarynort00yora/page/23 23]–24 |isbn=978-1-903364-52-9 |access-date=7 January 2011}} is an English filmmaker. He has a bachelor's degree in experimental psychology from University of Sussex,{{cite web |url=http://www.heralddeparis.com/in-the-city-of-devils-an-interview-with-filmmaker-ash-baron-cohen/42046/ |title=In The City of Devils: An interview with filmmaker Ash Baron Cohen |last=Sved |first=James Edward |date=29 June 2009 |website=Herald de Paris |access-date=7 January 2011 }} and trained as a filmmaker at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He currently resides in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=http://www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/124231-britweek-hollywood-feature---ash-baron-cohen-under-the-spotlight.html |title=Britweek Hollywood feature - Ash Baron-Cohen under the spotlight |last=Johnson |first=Andy |date=6 May 2009 |website=Click Liverpool |access-date=7 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306150929/http://www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/124231-britweek-hollywood-feature---ash-baron-cohen-under-the-spotlight.html |archive-date=6 March 2012}}

Baron-Cohen is known for such films as Bang{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/28/movies/film-review-in-uniform-she-s-king-for-a-day.html |title=FILM REVIEW; In Uniform She's King For a Day |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=28 November 1997 |work=The New York Times |access-date=4 September 2015 }} and This Girl's Life.{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/tv/reviews/9640/ |title=She Shtups to Conquer |last=Leonard |first=John |date=23 August 2004 |work=New York |access-date=4 September 2015 }}

While in film school, he persuaded Richard Harris to leave the set of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven to star in his student film for free.{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/sacha-baron-cohen-brother-0709 |title=The Other Baron Cohen: A Narrated Biography |last=Wallace |first=Amy |date=9 June 2009 |work=Esquire |access-date=7 January 2011 }}