Jon Elliott
JONATHAN ELLIOTT is a Mohawk filmmaker from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. Since attending York University’s Film Production program, he has worked as a director and cinematographer on a variety of projects, including: Wild Archaeology (APTN TV series), Tsi Teyoto:te - Even in the Silence (Voices with Impact funded film, entirely in the Mohawk language), Along the Water's Edge (Taking it Global funded film), Taken Home (Toronto Arts Council funded film), Her Water Drum (imagineNATIVE commissioned film), This Wild Season (imagineNATIVE 2017 film festival), and Blood Child (Blood in the Snow film festival).
Jonathan’s award-winning body of work focuses on telling contemporary Indigenous stories that explore individuals’ complex relationships to their cultural identity, families and communities.
His projects have been nationally broadcast on TV and screened at various film festivals internationally in New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Denmark, London, the United States and Canada. Some of these festivals include: imagineNATIVE, LA Skins Festival, Red Nation International Film Festival, Maoriland Film Festival, Art With Impact, etc.
Jonathan is a member of the Advisory Board for Art With Impact, a LA-based company that focuses on creating and showcasing short films that promote positive representation of mental health issues in schools across North America. Jonathan was the 2018 artist-in-residence for the imagineNATIVE/CSV development program. He was selected as one of the Emerging 20 artists at the 2018 Reel World Film Festival and has been the recipient of grants through the Toronto Arts Council, imagineNATIVE, Charles Street Video, Taking it Global, Art With Impact, William F. White’s and Astrolab Studios Inc. to produce his work.
Currently, Jonathan is in development on several projects, including his first feature film.
Jonathan’s award-winning body of work focuses on telling contemporary Indigenous stories that explore individuals’ complex relationships to their cultural identity, families and communities.
His projects have been nationally broadcast on TV and screened at various film festivals internationally in New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Denmark, London, the United States and Canada. Some of these festivals include: imagineNATIVE, LA Skins Festival, Red Nation International Film Festival, Maoriland Film Festival, Art With Impact, etc.
Jonathan is a member of the Advisory Board for Art With Impact, a LA-based company that focuses on creating and showcasing short films that promote positive representation of mental health issues in schools across North America. Jonathan was the 2018 artist-in-residence for the imagineNATIVE/CSV development program. He was selected as one of the Emerging 20 artists at the 2018 Reel World Film Festival and has been the recipient of grants through the Toronto Arts Council, imagineNATIVE, Charles Street Video, Taking it Global, Art With Impact, William F. White’s and Astrolab Studios Inc. to produce his work.
Currently, Jonathan is in development on several projects, including his first feature film.