BIO

Omar Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Jamaica, Queens. He Moved to the Poconos where he went to high school and college and fell in love with cameras and then moved back to the city to pursue filmmaking. He moved up through world as an editor and vfx artist at any early age taking on odd jobs around the city to make ends meet. Moved to the 3rd greatest city on earth (La) during Covid because he started get into hiking when he turned 26 and rest was history.

BASED in LA.

E: omarjonesfilm@gmail.com

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Forbes 30 under 30: Music 2023

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Directors Library Selects CI:

Was able to pick out some works that I'm inspired by for DL.

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‘FREE THE YOUTH’ by @amaarae 🇬🇭 directed by Omar Jones

Micro short - ‘AMIRA’ (2025) ✨ Directed by Omar Jones 🐥 it @mecca.studios

Micro Short | ‘AMIRA’ (2025) Starring @iriken_2 Narrated by @adminearth ! Director : Omar Jones Written by Omar Jones, Admin Earth EP: @preciousmahaga @romyjo_x Producers: @davidwept , @idr_farah DP: @jchema Animators: @la_lauragoncalves , @corrinnejamez , @nicolas.marsa @podenco @ollieloko Joao Lopes, Alessandro Novelli , @ThomasBertrand_ , @WilliamMendoza Stop Motion Artist: @10secondday Lindsay Berkbile , Doug Cummings , Planet Super Studios Casting @castingbyanissa VfX / Compositing : @mathematic.tv Additional VFX: Omar Jones , @noisestudio.xyz Sound Design | Final Mix: @coltonjackson_12 - Foley: James Styron and Colton Jackson Music Score: @keemthecipher @supakuma_ Colorist: @breezuschrist @raremedium.tv Shot on @kodak_shootfilm

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