Hey! My name is Jess. I'm a cinematographer, director, and writer based in Calgary, AB, Canada. The passion for filmmaking never came immediately to me, in fact, it was the last thing I ever thought I’d end up pursuing. I'd always enjoyed TV Shows and movies, but I never gave a second thought about getting involved in the entertainment industry. Then out of high school, as usual, I had no idea what to do with my life or where I wanted to go or where I could see myself in ten years. So I tried a plethora of things, and eventually, landed in the creative industry, working as a creative director.

In my earlier years, I'd taken on videography as a side gig after becoming interested by the art of capturing moments and memories on film, and not too long after, I became a freelancer working in the wedding industry, as well as doing client promotional and commercial work. I eventually realized how much I loved the art of cinematography and filmmaking, and decided to pursue that semi-professionally. Though I do currently work a full time 9-5, it doesn’t stop me from working towards passion projects and taking on clients as long as my schedule allows.

For a world that constantly doesn’t make sense, filmmaking allows me to make sense of the world around me. To see the beauty in the mundane. To take brokenness and make it beautiful. I am captivated by the world around us, and though our world is broken, it is my hope and desire that through my art and through my work, that I would be able to bring the beauty into something that has been defiled. My way of articulating story isn’t necessarily through words but through visual storytelling—a universal form of communication. To see and to feel before understanding.

These are tools that help and inform me in articulating a stunning story. Through motion, through visual intentionality and integrity, through thoughtful, yet, beautiful imagination, and wonder… These are what I hope to bring to whatever projects I may find myself on.