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Ashleigh Snead

Partner, Producer
Paper Street Pictures

ASHLEIGH SNEAD is an Independent Spirit Award nominated producer & entrepreneur. She has produced close to 20 films that have played at festivals worldwide including SXSW, Fantasia, Sitges, Comic-Con, Fantaspoa, & BIFAN. Her films include AI sci-fi THE ARTIFICE GIRL which premiered at SXSW 2023 and was distributed by XYZ Films, Shudder's punk rock horror THE RANGER which played SXSW 2018, Netflix Original THE BLOCK ISLAND SOUND, Lucky’s McKee’s chamber thriller OLD MAN starring Stephen Lang, and Shudder’s horror comedy SCARE PACKAGE franchise. Upcoming films include Chris Stuckman's highly anticipated SHELBY OAKS which was Executive Produced by Mike Flanagan and sold to NEON for a wide theatrical release in 2025.

She is a partner & Head of Production at Paper Street Pictures, a co-founder in genre consulting firm Blood Oath whose mission is “making scary movies less scary to make,” a member of the Directors Guild of America as a UPM, and holds an MBA in film producing & entrepreneurship from NYU. Recently she helped launch the Alaska Filming Initiative which is working with legislatures to re-introduce a film incentive to the state.

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