00 — Summary sheet
A writer who can also shoot
Ashwin Mitchell is 25, three years out of undergrad and two out of an MFA at UCLA, where he taught introductory screenwriting. He has four completed specs — two features, two series with pilots — and a working camera career of forty-plus production credits across narrative film, vertical series, broadcast television and editorial. This file is the short version; every claim in it links to the page that carries the detail.
The two halves of the file
Both are currentA — Writing
Four completed screenplays, all with samples on request: IMPRESSIONS and LIKE TEARS IN THE RAIN (features), AFTER DEATH (hour anthology, series + pilot) and HORNLINE (half-hour comedy, series + pilot). Produced writing credits on the short Paradise Hotel (writer and producer, 2022) and on Looking Glass 02x04 Three Ghosts (co-writer, 2021), which won a College Broadcasters Inc. award and was a NATAS Long-Form Fiction nominee.
B — Photography
Unit stills on twelve narrative films since 2022 and on six vertical series since 2024, plus poster imaging. Head of Photography at Across the Line (three cover editorials, 2026), Lead Photographer at Wanderlust Pictures since April 2024, three national touring seasons of dance competition coverage. Winner, Los Angeles Photography Awards, 19th Edition (2024).
Record
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Full filmography on 02| Title | Role | Detail | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Hotel | Writer & Producer | Narrative short, 25 min | Jun–Sep 2022 |
| Looking Glass 02x04 Three Ghosts | Co-Writer & Script Supervisor | CBI Best General Entertainment Program 2021; NATAS Long-Form Fiction nominee 2021 | May 2021 |
| UNTalk (North Texas Television) | Executive Producer | 05x01, 05x02, 06x01, 06x02; NATAS Long-Form Non-Fiction nominee 2022 for 06x01 Live with the Aches | 2021–2022 |
| Across the Line | Head of Photography | Cover editorials Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 | Jan–Jun 2026 |
| R1T3 | Unit Stills & 1st AC | Narrative short, 25 min | Sep 2025 |
| BRTHLSS | Director, DP, Editor, Colorist | Experimental short, 4 min | Apr 2022 |
| Unfavorable Odds | Production Assistant | Feature, dir. Michael “Boogievision” Pickney (DGA) | May 2022 |
Exhibit A — The Getaway
Evidence for the pitchA narrative editorial built in three acts — Act I The Chase, Act II The Calm, Act III The Reward — following a lone thief in a red dress escaping across Los Angeles. It is the cleanest single demonstration of the writer-who-shoots claim: structure first, images second. Site copy: “She doesn’t look like she ran. She looks like she won.”
How to read this file
Seven sheets01 — Writing
Four specs as development entries: format, logline, comps, status and sample link.
02 — Credits
The full filmography, sectioned and filterable: film unit stills, vertical series, broadcast, writing and producing, editorial.
03 — Awards
Awards, nominations, the UCLA fellowship and the exhibitions, each tied to the work it relates to.
04 — Teaching
UCLA screenwriting and writing-programs appointments by term, plus the current high-school arts post.
05 — Services
Rates, IATSE terms and delivery expectations for editorial, unit stills, headshots and portraits.
06 — Contact
Who to write to, what to send, and what comes back.