Timothy Asch (July 16, 1932 – October 3, 1994) was an American anthropologist, photographer, and ethnographic filmmaker.
Along with John Marshall and Robert Gardner, Asch played an important role in the development of visual anthropology.
While at Columbia, he served as a teaching assistant for Margaret Mead, who encouraged his work in visual anthropology.
In one semester, Asch edited The Ax Fight up to twenty five times to make it more understandable and ideal for teaching.
Together they acted as partners with other anthropologists in Afghanistan and Indonesia to produce films widely used in education and research.
They had four children: two daughters, Caya and Kim (who was adopted from South Korea) and sons Gregory (also known as DJ Olive) and Alexander.