Ashley Gregory Avildsen (born November 5, 1981) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Sumerian Records and Sumerian Pictures. He is best known for directing the films American Satan (2017) and Queen of the Ring (2024).
Biography from TMDB.
- November 5, 1981 (44)
- Producer, director and writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Ash Avildsen's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ash Avildsen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ash Avildsen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Ice Cream Man(2026)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
American Doctor(2026)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Woke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Queen of the Ring(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
No Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Paradise City(2021)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Human Capital(2019)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Jonathan Davis: Through The Black Labyrinth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Bones UK: Unplugged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
American Satan(2017)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
What Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Asking Alexandria Live from Brixton and Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Circa Survive Live From Shrine Expo Hall Los Angeles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Asking Alexandria | Through Sin + Self Destruction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Warrior Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Summer Slaughter Tour 2007 - The Opera House in Toronto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
My New Friend Jim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 15 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Ice Cream Man (2026)
Highest rated
American Doctor (2026)
Most popular right now
Ice Cream Man (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ash Avildsen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 56/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ash Avildsen's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ash Avildsen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ash Avildsen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Strahorn shares the most, 2.
Cinematographers
- Andrew StrahornShared titles: Queen of the Ring (2024), American Satan (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Strahorn
Producers
- Lorenzo AntonucciShared titles: Ice Cream Man (2026), American Satan (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Lorenzo Antonucci
- Aimee SchoofShared titles: Queen of the Ring (2024), American Satan (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Aimee Schoof
- Baron BodnarShared titles: Queen of the Ring (2024), American Satan (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Baron Bodnar
- Isen RobbinsShared titles: Queen of the Ring (2024), American Satan (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Isen Robbins
