Jordan Kelly is an Anishinaabe Director and Cinematographer from the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nations in Northwestern Ontario, now based in Ottawa. Working across narrative and documentary filmmaking, his work explores a range of stories, characters, and perspectives, informed by his background and experience as an Indigenous filmmaker.

Selected for the CBC New Indigenous Voices program in 2021, Jordan has developed his craft across a diverse range of productions. His short films, including Dread and In The Way, showcase his interest in character-driven storytelling and atmosphere, while his documentary work explores community, culture, and social issues.

Jordan was a Doc Accelerator Fellow at the Hot Docs Film Festival, where he received mentorship from leading documentary filmmakers and industry professionals. He contributed to Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising as an Assistant Production Coordinator and voice actor, providing the Anishinaabemowin voice for the film’s lead character. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

As a writer and director, Jordan completed the ImagineNATIVE Screenwriting Shorts Lab, further developing his approach to short-form narrative filmmaking. As a cinematographer, his recent work includes When the Motherland is Knocking at Your Door and Criss-Cross Applesauce, both of which premiered in December 2024.

Jordan also finds it weird to write about himself in the third person. But he believes he had to do it because he had seen many others do it. At the time, he thought it was a good idea, but as Jordan began writing, he had become weirded out talking about himself in the third person. He figured he had gotten through a paragraph already, so he might as well keep going. Now, he is rambling and unsure how to end his "about me" post.

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