Ash Mayfair

Directing

Ash Mayfair

Born

1985-01-01 (41)

Place of birth

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Ash Mayfair was born in Vietnam and educated in the UK and the US, receiving an MFA in filmmaking at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her short films include The Silver Man (11), Sam (11), Heart of a Doll (11), Grasshopper (12), and Lupo (16). The Third Wife (18) is her debut feature.

Known for

The Third Wife poster
6.5

Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.

The Third Wife

2019

Between shadow and soul poster
8.8

Mây, a fourteen year-old girl is being married as the third wife to a rich landowner in the late 19th century Northern Vietnam. A black & white reworking of 'The Third Wife' with no dialogue and a newly composed score.

Between shadow and soul

2020

No artwork available
NR

Sam and his best friend realize that the games they play every day in their neighborhood suddenly turn dangerous.

Sam

2011

Skin of Youth poster
8.3

Two young LGBTQ+ lovers in 1990s Saigon get entangled in the criminal underground and must do battle with dark forces that threaten their relationship and test the limits of their humanity.

Skin of Youth

2025

No artwork available
NR

A silver human-statue finds himself having an unusual day at work.

The Silver Man

2011

No artwork available
NR

In the year 1965, Louisa, a young housewife, finds herself fighting for her husband's love against his preoccupation with the Vietnam War and his wish to become a military hero. To deter her husband from leaving, Louisa desperately tries to remind him of the excitement of their early marriage. As Louisa reaches for what she thinks she wants, she discovers that what she needs is to be independent, albeit alone.

Heart of a Doll

2011

Behind the camera

The Third Wife poster
6.5

Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.

The Third Wife

2019

The Third Wife poster
6.5

Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.

The Third Wife

2019

The Third Wife poster
6.5

Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.

The Third Wife

2019

Between shadow and soul poster
8.8

Mây, a fourteen year-old girl is being married as the third wife to a rich landowner in the late 19th century Northern Vietnam. A black & white reworking of 'The Third Wife' with no dialogue and a newly composed score.

Between shadow and soul

2020

Between shadow and soul poster
8.8

Mây, a fourteen year-old girl is being married as the third wife to a rich landowner in the late 19th century Northern Vietnam. A black & white reworking of 'The Third Wife' with no dialogue and a newly composed score.

Between shadow and soul

2020

No artwork available
NR

Sam and his best friend realize that the games they play every day in their neighborhood suddenly turn dangerous.

Sam

2011

No artwork available
NR

Sam and his best friend realize that the games they play every day in their neighborhood suddenly turn dangerous.

Sam

2011

Skin of Youth poster
8.3

Two young LGBTQ+ lovers in 1990s Saigon get entangled in the criminal underground and must do battle with dark forces that threaten their relationship and test the limits of their humanity.

Skin of Youth

2025

Skin of Youth poster
8.3

Two young LGBTQ+ lovers in 1990s Saigon get entangled in the criminal underground and must do battle with dark forces that threaten their relationship and test the limits of their humanity.

Skin of Youth

2025

No artwork available
NR

A silver human-statue finds himself having an unusual day at work.

The Silver Man

2011

No artwork available
NR

A silver human-statue finds himself having an unusual day at work.

The Silver Man

2011

No artwork available
NR

In the year 1965, Louisa, a young housewife, finds herself fighting for her husband's love against his preoccupation with the Vietnam War and his wish to become a military hero. To deter her husband from leaving, Louisa desperately tries to remind him of the excitement of their early marriage. As Louisa reaches for what she thinks she wants, she discovers that what she needs is to be independent, albeit alone.

Heart of a Doll

2011

No artwork available
NR

In the year 1965, Louisa, a young housewife, finds herself fighting for her husband's love against his preoccupation with the Vietnam War and his wish to become a military hero. To deter her husband from leaving, Louisa desperately tries to remind him of the excitement of their early marriage. As Louisa reaches for what she thinks she wants, she discovers that what she needs is to be independent, albeit alone.

Heart of a Doll

2011

Grasshopper poster
7.0

A young girl saves a pig's life and incidentally changes her own.

Grasshopper

2012