Ash Christian, an Emmy Award-winning producer, actor and filmmaker, died in his sleep while vacationing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He was 35.
Christian, who was born in Paris, Texas on Jan. 16, 1985, moved to Los Angeles at 16 to pursue a career in acting. At 19, he wrote, starred and directed in his first feature film, Fat Girls, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Outstanding Emerging Talent Award at L.A. Outfest 2006. Other directing credits of Christian's include Petunia and Mangus!.
In 2014, Christian won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding special-class short-form daytime program for "mI Promise." He shared the win with producing partner Anne Clements and executive producers Lauralee Bell and Scott Martin.
