WINTERSTONE PICTURES is an award winning boutique feature film and commercial production company based in Los Angeles, CA with projects and clients worldwide. The company was founded by Ashley Avis and Edward Winters, and focuses on projects with a through line of elegance and cinematic artistry.

WINTERSTONE produce the Critics Choice nominated  Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West, exploring the plight of wild horses in the American West. Directed by Ashley Avis, the film comes on the heels of Disney's Black Beauty, which Avis also wrote, directed, and edited and Edward served as Executive  Producer.

Winterstone has produced numerous other feature film and television projects, including Deserted (2016) and Adolescence (2018) , as well as The Picture (TV) for Winkler Films (Rocky franchise, Creed franchise).

Commercially WINTERSTONE works with clients all over the world, from start-ups to major companies such as Coca Cola, Red Bull, Footlocker, Pfizer, Galderma, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet, and more. We are the proud recipient of the  Mercedes-Benz award for our auto-fashion fusion spot "BESPOKE ; and   produced the 14-part "Goalkeepers" campaign featuring noted Olympians Mia Hamm, Laurie Hernandez, and Hilary Knight encouraging girls to stay in sports.

WINTERSTONE also produces pro bono conservation PSAs, primarily for the leading 501c3 nonprofit The Wild Beauty Foundation, founded in 2020 by Avis and Winters to raise the profile of issues affecting equines and wildlife today.    

Ashley Avis & Edward Winters were honored with a special Congressional Commendation for their work on behalf of wild horses.

Ashley Avis is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. She wrote, directed, as well as editing Disney's BLACK BEAUTY (2020) for Disney+, starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet, Mackenzie Foy, and Iain Glen.

Beginning her career as a journalist at Nielsen Media in New York, she helmed the Critics Choice nominated documentary Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West which earned her a Special Congressional Commendation.

She has written and will next direct the feature film CITY OF ANGELS for Warner Bros., along with AMERICAN WOLF for Appian Way with Leonardo DiCaprio producing, based on the New York Times Bestseller by Nate Blakeslee.  She and Winters are also developing THE DARK BETWEEN STARS based on the poetry of Atticus.

Commercially, Avis has directed and produced projects for clients around the globe, from Coca Cola, Red Bull, Mercedes-Benz, Footlocker, Pfizer, Shamrock, and more. She is also an editor, cutting the vast majority of her commercial work.

She is the co-founder of Winterstone Pictures along with her husband and producing partner Edward Winters. A philanthropist and passionate longtime equestrian, she is the Founder & President of The Wild Beauty Foundation.

Edward Winters is a producer and president of Winterstone Pictures. He attended Wingate University and was a competitive, collegiate golfer.

Beginning his career in the finance world of New York, Edward worked for Merrill Lynch and wealth management platform Folio Dynamix before making the transition to entertainment.

Moving to Los Angeles in 2013, he partnered with his wife Ashley to found Winterstone Pictures.

Edward is the executive producer for     commercial  clients internationally, and producer of a number of feature films including Disney's BLACK BEAUTY (2020), the Critics Choice nominated WILD BEAUTY: MUSTANG SPIRIT OF THE WEST (2023), BREAKWATER (2023), ADOLESCENCE (2017), and DESERTED (2016).