June 29, 2023 | SPARK Filmakers Collaborative, Buffalo, NY
Thrilled to introduce SPARK’s community advisor, Terry Jones!
Terry Jones is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, who are located in Western New York State. Terry has a passion for sharing his Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) history and culture through his film works. He strives to find a balance between entertaining and educating his audiences. Terry is currently pursuing his MFA in film at York University in Toronto, Ontario. TornJersey Media, his company, is an upstart Independent Indigenous media production company founded by Haudenosaunee filmmaker.
Terry’s short films, many co-directed with Indian filmmaker Govind Deecee, have found success on the film festival circuit worldwide and continue to screen at film festivals. Most recently, Terry is the curator and host of the Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program which features micro-short films by Haudenosaunee filmmakers.
During the summer of 2021, Terry was part of a gaming team that was awarded BEST CONCEPT at imagineNATIVE’s Land Jam+. In 2020, Terry completed the Open Immersion II – Creative Doc VR Lab which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and in partnership with the Canadian Film Centre and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, supported by the Ford Foundation.
Terry currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Trustees at the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum on the Seneca Territory. Previously, Terry served as Vice Chairman/Secretary at American Indian Community House in New York City, as well a panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts and he also served as an official selector at the 2011 Native American Film + Video Festival – National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institute) in New York City.
