Ascender

ASCNDR (aka Ascender or Ascender Productions) is an American film and YouTube channel founded by actor and director Stephen Ford. The studio motto is "Low Budgets, High Concepts." ASCNDR creates cheap, high-quality films, shorts and series with a focus on developing live-action adaptation of popular video games. ASCNDR has multiple channels: ASCNDR, A_TEAM, GEAR'D and the behind the scenes startup Cineva.
==Members==
===Current Members===
*Stephen Ford 
*Jenn McDonnell 
*Michael Lieberman 
*Josh Han 
==Content==
===ASCNDR ===
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File:FIVE A Tenet Short Film.jpg
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====KIRU====
A live-action short film based on the popular video game Ghost of Tsushima. Starring Yoshi Sudarso, Josh Han, James Tang, Manny Shih, Earl Baylon, Zedrick Restauro and Hana Wu. Produced by Jennifer McD. Directed by Stephen Ford. 
====FIVE====
A short film inspired by the Christopher Nolan film TENET. Starring Josh Han, JB Tadena, Kasey Landoll, Brennan Mejia and Cerberusarms. Produced by Jennifer McD. Directed by Stephen Ford. 
====2020: A 1917 Parody====
The award winninghttps://m.imdb.com/title/tt13110216/awards viral hit satirizing the Oscar winning Sam Mendes film 1917. Produced by Jennifer McD. Directed by Stephen Ford. 
=== A_TEAM===
====Chronicles====
This behind the scenes series chronicles the woes of making a super low budget feature film. 
==Channel milestones==
===ASCNDR===
*AGBO 'NO SLEEP 'TIL' FILM FEST WINNER (2021)
==Trivia== 
*Stephen Ford writes, produces, directs, edits, shoots and does the costumes/props for nearly every piece of content.
*Sam Mendes (Director of 1917, Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty) has seen and is a big fan of their award winning viral short film, 2020: A 1917 Parody.
*Christopher Nolan (Director of TENET) has also seen Ford's homage with his short film FIVE. No word on if he enjoyed it.
== References==
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020