Ross Ashcroft
 Ross Ashcroft    (filmmaker, broadcaster, entrepreneur) | |
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| Born | 3 October 1977 |
| Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College |
Ross Ashcroft is a British filmmaker, broadcaster and entrepreneur who hosts RT's weekly programme Renegade Inc.[1]
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Career
Ross Ashcroft worked briefly with the BBC and then went on to work at Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre in Liverpool as an Assistant Director. In 2002 he was Assistant Director for The New Shakespeare Company's 2002 season at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park working on "Romeo and Juliet", "As You Like It" and "Oh, What a Lovely War!" with Benedict Cumberbatch. Working with ACT Productions in London's West End his final Assistant Director role was on August Strindberg's play "The Dance of Death" in 2003 with Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour and Owen Teale.[2]
As a comedian, he won the Comedy Café "New Act Award 2007". He was a semi-finalist of "So You Think You're Funny" in 2007 and a finalist in the Hackney Empire "New Act of the Year" in 2009.[3]
Motherlode
In 2007 Ross Ashcroft co-founded the London-based production and strategy house Motherlode. In 2009 Motherlode established an in-house brand Renegade Economist, as a response to mainstream economics and economists' failure to adequately explain the 2008 financial crisis.[4]
In 2012 Ross Ashcroft's directorial debut film "Four Horsemen" premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[5]
Renegade Inc
Renegade Inc is an independent media company created to make complex economic, business and geopolitical questions accessible to a broader audience. In 2016 Renegade Inc started broadcasting as a weekly television programme on Russia Today. Renegade Inc contributors are selected because they think differently about the challenges we all face. The programme covers current affairs, economics, innovation, creative leadership, entrepreneurship, banking scandals, terrorism, and geopolitical events.[6]
References
- ↑ "RT's Renegade Inc. year-end roundup: What we didn't know we didn't know"
- ↑ "The Dance of Death"
- ↑ "Comedy CV – Ross Ashcroft"
- ↑ "Motherlode provides creative leadership in the current environment of significant global change"
- ↑ "Official trailer – Four Horsemen"
- ↑ "Ross Ashcroft: economics and Europe"
