ASS Studios or Art Star Scene Studios is an American independent film production

Production company

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...

 company founded by Courtney Fathom Sell

Courtney Fathom Sell

Courtney Fathom Sell is an American filmmaker, musician, composer, writer and video artist who specializes in documentary films. He is the founder of Slumlord Productions, an independent film production company, and has shot a majority of his work on a Hi8 video camera.An advocate of D.I.Y...

 and Reverend Jen Miller in 2011. Their films are often produced on no-budget, involve guerilla style D.I.Y. tactics upon shooting, take place on the Lower East Side

Lower East Side

The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....

, and commonly premiere at the Bowery Poetry Club

Bowery Poetry Club

The Bowery Poetry Club is a New York City poetry performance space founded by Bob Holman in 2002. Located at 308 Bowery, between Bleecker and Houston Streets in Manhattan's East Village, the BPC provides a home base for established and upcoming artists...

. The studio has shot numerous short films that often feature various Art Stars

Art Stars

Art Stars is a group of experimental performers, comedians, poets, storytellers, musicians, and performance artists located in and around New York's Lower East Side. Appropriated by the New York Lower East Side open mic performance scene, the term "Art Star" was first coined by Andy Warhol. As...

 such as Reina Terror, Stormy Leather, Mangina, and most frequently Faceboy

Faceboy

Francis "Faceboy" Hall is an actor, producer, and activist working in the New York City arts community. He has appeared in stage productions and several films, including Robert Downey Sr.'s Too Much Sun...

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In an article published in Filmmaker Magazine

Filmmaker Magazine

Filmmaker is a quarterly publication magazine covering issues relating to independent film. The magazine was founded in 1992 by Karol Martesko-Fenster, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis...

, Sell commented:

"Without Faceboy, it is clear to both Rev and I that our no-budget film company would most likely not succeed. A master of comedic timing, pratfalls, and jumping immediately into every insane character we would write for him without hesitation caused him to become our go-to guy; ... He became the official “Fairy Grant” of ASS Studios."

In the same article, Sell continued:

"Our main goal was mostly to create work that would be so outrageous, so over-the-top, and so incredibly cheesy that it could receive a chuckle from Big Chief from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We began cold calling every Art Star in a five-mile radius of our official office, the nearby dive bar, seeking willing actors for our first project."

Infamy arose for the Studio when, during the official launch party, members of the audience were attacked by performers with stunguns.