Set up in 2006 by Jolyon Symonds and Nicholas Greene, Ascension draws on its relationships key British writers and directors to produce distinctive and original drama for international distribution. The company has several projects in development including ‘Travels with my Aunt’, based on the novel by Graham Greene, and “The White Tiger” based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Aravind Adiga.

Jolyon Symonds has had a long career producing both feature films (Kevin and Perry Go Large; The Last Yellow, The Backwoods, The Escapist) and television drama, including Mrs Mandela for BBC, Trial and Retribution for ITV and Thorne for Sky One.

Nicholas Greene is a British filmmaker based in New York. His short film, Salar, made in Bolivia, was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, the BFI London Film Festival and Palm Springs ShortFest.  He is currently writing a feature screenplay for New York based Park Pictures; previously he worked as a brand manager for Paramount Pictures, and holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University,