Biography

Jenna (JJ) is an Indigenous DGC Director and Writer living/working in Winnipeg, Manitoba. JJ along with her sister/Producer Justina Neepin run their production company JJNeepinFilms INC. Both are members of the Fox Lake Cree Nation. JJ has written and directed several documentary short films including CBC's Headdress that had its world premiere at the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival. She has also directed several episodes of various documentary television programs. JJ has training/apprenticeship in Directing via the Women in View 5 in Focus: Indigenous, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's Women Directors Program, and the Women in the Director's Chair (WIDC) - Story & Leadership program. In between gigs JJ writes screenplays and teaches the occasional Intro to Documentary workshops for the National Screen Institute of Canada.
- IMDb mini biography by: JJNeepinFilms