Mollye Asher is an Academy Award winning independent producer based in NYC. She produced Chloé Zhao's “Nomadland”, which won Best Picture at the Oscars, Spirit Awards, BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and Gotham Awards. This was Mollye’s third collaboration with writer-director Zhao. Other credits include the Spirit Award nominated and Tribeca Audience Award winner, “Catch the Fair One”, the Gotham-nominated “Swallow”, Zhao's Cannes Directors’ Fortnight top prize winner “The Rider”, SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner “Fort Tilden”, Spirit Award- nominated “She’s Lost Control” as well as Zhao's debut feature “Songs My Brothers Taught”. Asher won the Producers Award at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards and was included in Variety's 2021 NY Women's Impact Report. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, an alumna of NYU’s graduate film program and currently is the Head of Production at the finance and production company, FirstGen Content.