Boomtown Pictures · Australia
Independent film and television.
Led by writer, director and producer Ash Ward.
The Papyrologist — pre-production visualisation
The company
Boomtown Pictures develops and produces original stories for film and television, from the people and places of Australia to the imagined worlds of feature cinema.
Location, dressed for the film
Feature film · In development
An original thriller set between Oxford and rural Australia, exploring the fragile boundary between discovery, belief and deception.
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Project enquiries
Television · Now in season eight
A journey through Australia's food, landscapes and communities, meeting the people whose stories give each place its flavour.
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Children’s television · Six seasons
Airing on ABC Kids
A distinctive children’s series performed entirely in Auslan, Australian Sign Language. With six seasons and an ongoing home on ABC Kids, it brings playful storytelling and the expressive world of sign language to deaf and hearing audiences alike.
Lifestyle television · Eight-part series
A prime-time lifestyle series made with Commonwealth Bank, helping Australians navigate the rising cost of living with practical ideas and inspiring stories. Supported by a companion social video series, it exceeded audience and engagement targets and was renewed for a second season.
The filmmaker
Writer / Director / Producer
Brisbane & Gold Coast, Australia
A background in building stories.
A focus on bringing them to the screen.
Ash Ward is an Australian writer, director and producer, and the founder of Boomtown Pictures.
For more than fifteen years, he co-founded and led Brisbane creative agency Khemistry alongside Andy Fyffe, building an award-winning business across advertising, content production and television. That background combines a storyteller’s instincts with the practical experience of bringing ambitious projects to the screen.
His television work includes creating Taste of Australia with Hayden Quinn, now in season eight, filmed across the country. He also created, directed and produced Sally & Possum, an Auslan children’s series spanning six seasons and continuing to air on ABC Kids.
He is now developing The Papyrologist, an original feature thriller set in Oxford and rural Australia.
Contact
Film & television enquiries
Brisbane / Gold Coast, Australia