Ned Ambler

{{Short description|American filmmaker and photographer}}

{{COI|date=October 2019}}

Ned Ambler (born 1968 or 1969){{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOECAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Ned+Ambler%22&pg=PA34 |title=This Year's Models |first=Alex |last=Williams |newspaper=New York |date=November 18, 1996}} is an American fine artist,{{Cite book|url=https://www.biblio.com/book/visionaire-16-calendar-issue-various/d/1125997723|title = Visionaire 16: Calendar Issue}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rupertgoldsworthy.com/gallery.html|title = Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbowie.com/2001/2001/03/12/ned-ambler-completes-film|title = Ned Ambler Completes Film}} actor{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/visiting-desire-1200447169/|title = Visiting Desire|date = 21 October 1996}} and a talent scout who has found models for advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein and Gap.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvnFOuS6UlEC&q=%22Ambler%22&pg=PA283 |title=Image Ethics in the Digital Age |first1=Larry P. |last1=Gross |first2=John Stuart |last2=Katz |first3=Jay |last3=Ruby |year=2003 |publisher=U of Minnesota Press |isbn=9780816638253 |page=283}}

Ambler attended a boarding school in Connecticut. From 1987 he attended New York University Film School and worked part-time. While working odd jobs for L'Uomo Vogue in 1993 he was asked to find ten street children; this was the beginning of his job as talent scout.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/well-spotted-5589637.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/well-spotted-5589637.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Well spotted |newspaper=The Independent |date=December 6, 1996 |first=Edward |last=Helmore}} Ambler specializes in the "new realism" style, finding his models on the streets or in clubs and bars in New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-8693579.html |title=Realismus von der Straße |author=Wellershof |newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=April 7, 1995}} He has worked with photographers Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel and Steven Klein. He supplied the models for the 1995 cK Be advertisement campaign that helped make it the best selling perfume in the United States.

By 1999 Ambler's work as talent scout had become less intense; he branched out into photography and worked on a book{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/ned_ambler.shtml |website=Index Magazine |title=Ned Ambler |year=1999 |first=Mary |last=Clarke}} and filmmaking.{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbowie.com/2001/2001/03/12/ned-ambler-completes-film|title=Ned Ambler Completes Film}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/gr/article/4w4wad/lunachicks-v8n1|title = The Pussy Ass State}}{{Cite web|url=https://invisiblecinema.typepad.com/invisible_cinema/2009/12/my-life-in-film.html|title = My life in film}} In 2011 he began working as an illustrator and art director, 2011{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/gallery/under-the-influence-spring-2011-mens-inspirations/#!1/antonio-azzuolo-3242108-portrait|title=Under the Influence: Spring 2011 Men's Inspirations|date=8 September 2010}}