Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty born October 1st, 1995. She was born in Berkeley California USA. She is an actor known for Choices 2010 (also known as The Heart and Other Small Shapes), Chrissie Mayr's Content House (2022), as well as The Heart and Other Small Shapes.

Asia Argento is an Italian actor and filmmaker born into an extended household. She has pursued both professions herself. At the age of nine and acting, she made her debut in Sergio Ciotti's film Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, she played the lead role in the first feature of Cristina Comencini's film Zoo. She was also an integral part of Michele Soavi's cast in The Church. In the year following, she played Nanni Moritti's daughter as a child in Red Wood Pigeon. Her career took off when she was cast as Nanni's little girl on the set of Close Friends. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. The film was made with her father for the the first time Trauma, a renowned Italian horror director Dario Argento. Her mother, Daria Nicoleli, is Argento's favourite actress, and she was the anorexic trying to track down the murderer of her parents. Asia has worked with Dario Argento in three of his films, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome as well as The Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze, Asia's absorbent technique of powerful acting was well utilized. In 1993, Asia starred as Arianna an disabled girl in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista. This was a challenging and demanding role for which she won an award of David di Donatello. The 1995 film she co-directed with Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her a David di Donatello, in addition to an award of Grolla d'oro. In 1994 Asia decided to try the art of directing, and produced two short films in the episode of the film De Generazione In 1996 she produced a documentary about her father and, in 1998, one on legendary director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which received an award from the Rome Film Festival. In 1999 Asia was the first to direct a feature film by directing Scarlet Diva in which she was the leading actress as well as the writer of the screenplay. It was released worldwide during May of 2000. The film was awarded an award at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.