Ash Avildsen

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and the founder of Sumerian Records (b. 5 November 1981, Los Angeles). Ash Avildsen wrote and directed two feature-length films, What Now (2015) and American Satan (2017). Ash is the son of renowned film director John G. Avildsen (1935—2017); however, he only briefly met his father, who was estranged from the family, twice. In 2006, Ash Avildsen founded Sumerian Records. It started as a hobbyist "bedroom" project, subsequently evolving into a significant independent heavy metal US label with over 500 releases.