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David Ashbrock

TELEVISION & VIDEO

David realized very long ago that, if you wanted to succeed, excel and

remain relevant in this business,

you needed to become 'expert' in every facet

so you could "wear many hats".

The expression 'not my job' never entered his vernacular!

EXPERTISE

broad  |  diverse  |  extensive

45 years as producer, director, designer, coordinating producer, executive producer.

 

Basketball, tennis, indoor and outdoor soccer, volleyball, football, bowling, golf, hockey and horse racing.

 

Coordinating producer and line producer of the Cincinnati Bengals Television Network.  

 

Producer/Director for FC Cincinnati soccer for seven seasons until the MLS assumed league-wide broadcast rights in 2023. Hired as a director of MLS on Apple TV.

 

Executive producer and director of University of Cincinnati football and basketball, 25 seasons.

Video Editing & Post

An experienced and expert AVID editor!

Full in-home AVID post-production suite.

Executive Producer and Production Manager for Cincinnati’s Fox Affiliate, WXIX, where he was employed from 1980 until his departure in December of 2007.  During that time, he was the driving creative force behind that company’s local programming and production operations and served as part of the development and management team since 1995. Of particular note, he devised the workflow and developed the production staff for the ‘ground up’ buildout of the station’s news department. 

An experienced show caller for Business Theater.  Clients include Arbonne, Direct Selling Association, Cincinnati YWCA,  Hexagon, Pampered Chef, Origami Owl, Sency, University of Cincinnati, World Choir Games.     

Producer, director and editor.  Short-form.  Long-form.

Features include biographies of “Nick Clooney”, “Earl Hamner”, (The Waltons, Falcon Crest) “Ruth Lyons, First Lady of Television”, “Oscar Robertson” (Basketball Player of the Century), “Hillenbrand Family”, many others.

Hired by Cris Collinsworth to oversee the two-year renovation of a building in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood and business district that is the home of Collinsworth’s Pro Football Focus.  Specifically responsible for the building’s space plan, design of the studio, scenic environment, production facility and communications infrastructure.  

System and ergonomic designer of studios, newsroom, and control & edit facilities at FOX19 and control room at RISE Studios (Cincinnati).  Lead consultant for the multi-camera infrastructure design at Xavier University’s Cintas Center, and the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium.  

Multi-Emmy award-winning graphic designer and animator.

PROFESSIONAL 

PORTFOLIO

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RECENT PROJECTS

2023 SEASON

MLS ON APPLE TV

Director

Inaugural season of this exciting venture!

CINCINNATI BENGALS

TELEVISION NETWORK

COORDINATING PRODUCER

 Line Producer

12th season in this role!

FALL/WINTER 2022-23

ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
& BASKETBALL

Producer and Director

Linear telecasts on ESPN2, ESPNU

Big 12 & American Conferences

JAN, 2020 - DEC 2021

ProFootball Focus STUDIO

Designer/Consultant/Advisor

Building Renovation, Studio (2) Construction,

Scenic Development,

Production Facility, Workflow

FEBRUARY 2021

CINCINNATI BALLET
NEW WORKS

Director/Editor

Digital Adaptation of Five Original Pieces.

2014-2021

1961 NATIONAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Producer/Designer/Editor

Seven years in the making.

Film & description of UC's first national basketball championship have been reconstructed into a television broadcast.​

MoonDream Media was founded as a not-for-profit vehicle through which nostalgic stories about revered characters or events could be shared.  MoonDream’s first creation was “Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television”, the acclaimed story of one of Cincinnati’s most cherished TV personalities.  Produced in partnership with the Ruth Lyons Children’s Fund, John Morrell Meats and United Dairy Farmers, the project grossed $134,000 for the RLCF!

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CONTACT

9695 Sycamore Trace Court

Blue Ash, OH  45242

(513) 382-4116

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