Born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised between Vancouver and British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, Jared grew up immersed in contrasting environments—urban and remote, literary and physical.
Jared studied English literature and creative writing at the University of Victoria before leaving formal education to pursue experience beyond the classroom. In his early twenties, he lived and worked in New York City, followed by extended periods in Montreal and Paris. While in Paris, he lived and worked at Shakespeare and Company, the legendary English-language bookstore long associated with the Lost Generation and the publication of Ulysses. There, he wrote, read obsessively, and absorbed a lineage of artists whose lives and work were inseparable.
For more than a decade, Jared lived in Montreal, writing scripts, making short films, and working as a builder—developing a hands-on relationship to structure, patience, and craft that continues to shape both his filmmaking and photography. At the outset of the pandemic, he returned to the remote northern coast of British Columbia, briefly pursuing a long-held ambition to sail before ultimately recommitting to storytelling on land.
He currently lives in Vancouver, where he is developing his first feature film while continuing to work as an actor and photographer. His work is characterized by a quietly cinematic, myth-driven sensibility—interested in atmosphere, memory, and the subtle forces that shape identity and belief.
Film is a way of preserving things that don’t announce their importance while they’re happening. I’m drawn to stories that exist quietly—half-remembered, misinterpreted, or carried forward as myth—because they reflect how people actually live with the past. For me, filmmaking is less about statement than attention: staying with a moment long enough for its meaning to surface on its own.
My process prioritizes tone and clarity from the outset, allowing story and image to evolve together before they are locked into structure. I work with small crews, value restraint over coverage, and prepare carefully so that moments of truth have space to emerge on set.
I’m more interested in making work that lasts than work that is immediately legible. That often puts me out of sync with trends, timelines, and the pressure to explain myself quickly. I’ve learned to accept that clarity earned slowly is usually more durable than attention gained fast.
Alongside completed short scripts and features, I maintain an extensive body of original narrative work in various stages of development. Many projects exist as fully realized stories held in long-form notes rather than traditional screenplays — worlds, characters, and arcs developed with the same rigor as produced work, awaiting the right context to be written. This approach allows ideas to mature over time, shaped by observation and lived experience rather than urgency. Select projects are available for further development, collaboration, or adaptation when alignment feels right.