Jenna Neepin

Jenna (JJ) is a Cree First Nation's Director and Writer living/working in Winnipeg, Manitoba. JJ along with her sister/Producer Justina Neepin run their production company JJNeepinFilms INC. 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 for several episodes of various documentary television programs. JJ has training/apprenticeship in Directing via the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's Women Directors Apprenticeship and the Women in the Directors Chair - Story & Leadership program. In between gigs JJ writes screenplays and teaches the occasional Intro to Documentary and Intro to Screenwriting workshops.