Adam Garnet Jones

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Adam Garnet Jones is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter.[1]

Of Cree and Métis ancestry,[1] Jones grew up in Alberta and British Columbia.[2] Battling suicidal impulses in his early teens as he came to terms with being gay,[2] he recovered a sense of purpose by making short films and videos and attending the Gulf Islands Film and Television School,[2] and subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario to study film at Ryerson University.[2] After graduating from Ryerson, his short film Cloudbreaker premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and he coordinated a youth film and video program for Toronto's Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[3]

He subsequently made the short films A Small Thing, Wave a Red Flag and Liar, wrote an episode of the television series Cashing In, and was a writer and story editor on the television series Mohawk Girls.[4]

His feature film debut, Fire Song, premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Young, native and gay, filmmaker champions inclusion for all". Edmonton Journal, March 24, 2007.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Young filmmaker knows his subject matter well". Toronto Star, September 14, 2006.
  3. "Coming out on film; Young gays share what it's like 'They aren't sure where they fit in'". Toronto Star, May 19, 2006.
  4. "Adam Garnet Jones prepares to make first feature-length film". Urban Native, July 10, 2014.
  5. "Toronto: Canadian Film Lineup Showcases Hollywood, Foreign Stars". The Hollywood Reporter, August 5, 2015.

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