J. Jared McNeil
Two decades behind the camera. Now building de-risked infrastructure for IP development aiding in more financially secure decision making across industry partners.
Director of Photography with credits spanning Netflix, PBS, Cannes, Venice, Filmapalooza, and commercial advertising. Principal of JAMJAR Entertainment — a studio and IP development practice applying production-side rigor to the acquisition and resale of literary properties.
Selected cinematography, 2019 — 2021.
A partial catalog.
Working Women (teaser)
Feature documentary series. Long-form cinematography across remote field production, extended principal photography, and national broadcast finishing standards.
Our Passion to Care
Commercial cinematography at scale. Representative of the client-facing work that has comprised the majority of production activity over the past five years — largely referral-driven.
Best Ever / RTV
Brand sponsored reality TV comissioned by the State of Florida. Representative of a new trend of content where brands and brand partners cooperate with state initiatives to inspire tourism.
Ashes Over Coffee
Narrative work receiving festival selection. Cinematography credit on project circulated through official Cannes World and Berlin film festival programming. Received the New Creator's Film Award.
Whiskey Rose
Narrative work receiving festival selection. Cinematography credit on project circulated through official Venice and Prague festival programming. Features Catherine Dyer (Stranger Things) and Conrad Whitaker (Gotti).
Beyond the reel.
JAMJAR Entertainment is a Georgia-based studio operating at the intersection between film production and intellectual property development.
Its investment arm, F.I.R.M. — Film Investment and Risk Management, Inc. — applies a data-driven acquisition model to literary IP, pre-verifying audience demand before committing production capital. The thesis is simple: two decades of working inside film budgets taught me how the highest-leverage decisions are made upstream of principal photography. FIRM is the vehicle for making them differently.
Currently in a seed round. Confidential materials available to qualified investors under NDA.