Jenny Ash

Directing

Jenny Ash

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Jenny Ash makes films with strong narratives. Her work is known for its authentic storytelling, emotional power, and visual punch. Some of the projects are micro, while others involve huge production teams. All are driven by a desire to tell complex true stories in a compelling and nuanced way. Ash's 2019 film '100 Vaginas' got rave reviews - 5 stars in the Telegraph, Guardian and Independent, big spreads in Grazia, the Daily Mail and The Sun who called it a groundbreaking documentary that should be shown in schools. 'Angry White and American' which she made with writer and journalist Gary Younge was Grierson nominated. His encounter with white Supremacist Richard Spencer went viral on soc…

Known for

Flight 149: Hostage of War poster
8.0

When BA Flight 149 unwittingly landed in a warzone, its passengers and crew were taken hostage. Did the UK government allow it? And who were the mercenaries on board?

Flight 149: Hostage of War

2025

100 Vaginas poster
5.5

A bold, feminist film about how the vagina has shaped our view of the world and the shame around female sexuality. Women from 19 to 77 years old talk about puberty, menstruation, birth, motherhood, infertility, menopause, pleasure, sex, pain, trauma, gender, sexuality, cancer, rape and FGM.

100 Vaginas

2019

America: The Story of Us poster
6.4

A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress -- from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad to triumphing over vertical space through the construction of steel-structured buildings. The series also is a story of conflict, with Native American peoples, slavery, the Revolutionary War that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it, and the great world war that shaped its future.

America: The Story of Us

2010

Angry, White and American poster
2.0

Gary Younge travels across America to find out why Trump resonates with so many people.

Angry, White and American

2017

No artwork available
NR

The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

2016

Me and My Penis poster
5.1

Men talk openly about their penis, the physical realities of sex, masturbation and erections, and how it feels to be a man. They also tell stories of infertility, violence and sexual abuse. Men of differing sexualities (gay, straight, non-binary and trans), differing cultural and racial heritages are interviewed by photographer Ajamu X as he photographs them.

Me and My Penis

2020

Behind the camera

Flight 149: Hostage of War poster
8.0

When BA Flight 149 unwittingly landed in a warzone, its passengers and crew were taken hostage. Did the UK government allow it? And who were the mercenaries on board?

Flight 149: Hostage of War

2025

Flight 149: Hostage of War poster
8.0

When BA Flight 149 unwittingly landed in a warzone, its passengers and crew were taken hostage. Did the UK government allow it? And who were the mercenaries on board?

Flight 149: Hostage of War

2025

100 Vaginas poster
5.5

A bold, feminist film about how the vagina has shaped our view of the world and the shame around female sexuality. Women from 19 to 77 years old talk about puberty, menstruation, birth, motherhood, infertility, menopause, pleasure, sex, pain, trauma, gender, sexuality, cancer, rape and FGM.

100 Vaginas

2019

100 Vaginas poster
5.5

A bold, feminist film about how the vagina has shaped our view of the world and the shame around female sexuality. Women from 19 to 77 years old talk about puberty, menstruation, birth, motherhood, infertility, menopause, pleasure, sex, pain, trauma, gender, sexuality, cancer, rape and FGM.

100 Vaginas

2019

America: The Story of Us poster
6.4

A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress -- from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad to triumphing over vertical space through the construction of steel-structured buildings. The series also is a story of conflict, with Native American peoples, slavery, the Revolutionary War that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it, and the great world war that shaped its future.

America: The Story of Us

2010

America: The Story of Us poster
6.4

A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress -- from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad to triumphing over vertical space through the construction of steel-structured buildings. The series also is a story of conflict, with Native American peoples, slavery, the Revolutionary War that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it, and the great world war that shaped its future.

America: The Story of Us

2010

Angry, White and American poster
2.0

Gary Younge travels across America to find out why Trump resonates with so many people.

Angry, White and American

2017

Angry, White and American poster
2.0

Gary Younge travels across America to find out why Trump resonates with so many people.

Angry, White and American

2017

No artwork available
NR

The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

2016

No artwork available
NR

The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

2016

No artwork available
NR

The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

2016

Me and My Penis poster
5.1

Men talk openly about their penis, the physical realities of sex, masturbation and erections, and how it feels to be a man. They also tell stories of infertility, violence and sexual abuse. Men of differing sexualities (gay, straight, non-binary and trans), differing cultural and racial heritages are interviewed by photographer Ajamu X as he photographs them.

Me and My Penis

2020

Me and My Penis poster
5.1

Men talk openly about their penis, the physical realities of sex, masturbation and erections, and how it feels to be a man. They also tell stories of infertility, violence and sexual abuse. Men of differing sexualities (gay, straight, non-binary and trans), differing cultural and racial heritages are interviewed by photographer Ajamu X as he photographs them.

Me and My Penis

2020

The World's Biggest Murder Trial: Nuremberg poster
7.0

Recounting the dramatic story of the Nuremberg Trials, using over a thousand archive clips, including recently digitised film footage from the courtroom. 21 Nazi leaders were charged with crimes that caused the deaths of millions of innocents.

The World's Biggest Murder Trial: Nuremberg

2020

No artwork available
NR

The story of a Hispanic detective's quest to track down a serial killer from his own neighborhood who terrorized LA in the mid 80s.

The Night Stalker

2002