Filmmaker and musician Ashar Medina graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2015 with the graduation film VOETZOEKER, directed by Max Lunter. After completing his studies, he focused on a series of personal music videos and contributed to the writing of web series for Nickelodeon and VPRO.

For the short film GILLES, directed by Jordi Wijnalda, Ashar received the Best Screenplay Award at Shortcutz Amsterdam 2016. In the same year, he also wrote the television drama JUNGLE, which premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival as part of One Night Stand XII. Ashar has been involved as one of the regular writers in the successful television series MOCRO MAFFIA.

Ashar directed and produced the short film BLOK and is developing drama series for RTL Productions and Topkapi Films. Additionally, he, along with screenwriters Wander Theunis and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat, forms the writers’ room Branie.

As a musician, Ashar has contributed to various soundtracks in recent years and won the Audience Award during the Grote Prijs van Nederland.