Jared Pelletier

Pelletier was born and raised in Aurora, Ontario, where he attended Cardinal Carter Catholic High School.{{cite news | url=http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/968163--filmmaker-s-latest-effort-nets-top-honours-at-festival | title=Filmmaker’s latest effort nets top honours at festival | first=Sean | last=Pearce | work=YorkRegion.com | date=16 March 2011 | accessdate=4 May 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1241103--video-game-inspires-movie-maker |title=Video game inspires movie maker |first=Jeremy |last=Grimaldi |work=YorkRegion.com |date=9 November 2011 |accessdate=14 May 2012}} In 2008, he graduated high school and attended Brock University studying Sport Management. Interested in film-making since the age of 6, he left the university to focus on it. In August 2010, he graduated from the Toronto Film and Media College.{{cite news|url=http://www.thecord.ca/articles/49172 |title=Local film-maker to direct Halo film |first=Liz |last=Smith |work=The Cord |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University |date=2 November 2011 |accessdate=14 May 2012}} He has also studied business and law in entertainment by correspondence through the University of California Los Angeles.[http://www.theentertainmentcorner.com/2011/02/halo-faith-not-just-another-you-tube.html The Entertainment Corner: Halo: Faith Not Just Another YouTube Fan Film]

Pelletier's first success came in 2009 when he was 18, with a shortlist at the Cannes Film Festival for The Collision.{{cite web |url= http://www.theentertainmentcorner.com/2010/09/who-to-be-watching-behind-camera-jared.html |title=Who to be watching behind the camera: Jared Pelletier |work=The Entertainment Corner}} In March 2011 his World War II epic In the Hearts of Men took Best Director, Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing awards at the Arizona Film and Media Expo.{{cite news |url=http://itsjustmovies.com/14991 |title=''In the Hearts of Men'’ Takes Top Honors at AZFAME Film Festival |work=It's Just Movies |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818182757/http://itsjustmovies.com/14991 |archive-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Soon after filming In the Hearts of Men, he moved on to Halo: Faith, based on the Halo series of video games, which has generated a wide viral following.{{cite web |url= http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/4/30/halo-faith-fan-film-poster-and-teaser-image.html |title=Halo: Faith Fan Film Poster and Teaser Image |work=GeekTyrant.com}} In April 2011 he signed with Los Angeles–based Machinima.com.{{cite web |url= http://nerdbastards.com/2011/05/02/halos-new-fanfic-is-a-nerds-wet-dream-teaser-indeed/ |title=Halo's New FanFic Is a Nerds' Wet Dream – Teaser Indeed! |work=NerdBastards.com}} The YoungCuts Film Festival announced that his next project would be a film based on the video-game franchise BioShock, for a projected 2013 release.http://www.youngcuts.com/?q=node/mview/85YoungCuts Film Festival {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327234554/http://www.youngcuts.com/?q=node%2Fmview%2F85 |date=27 March 2012 }} The first Bioshock trailer was released on 25 November 2011, and the film been in various production stages since 2008, involving producer Gore Verbinski, writer John Logan, and at one point another director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. However, the project was cancelled in March 2013, due to insufficient funding.{{cite web |url= http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-12-ken-levine-personally-killed-off-the-bioshock-film-heres-why |title=Ken Levine personally killed off the BioShock film – here's why |work=Eurogamer |date=12 March 2013 |access-date=12 March 2013 |first=Martin |last=Robinson |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130315091122/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-12-ken-levine-personally-killed-off-the-bioshock-film-heres-why |archive-date=15 March 2013 }}

In October 2012, Pelletier completed principal photography on his first major series through the Machinima deal, titled Omega.

In October 2013, Pelletier returned with Call of Duty: Final Hour, a film based on the Call of Duty video-game franchise and released via Machinima.com.{{cite web |last=Neltz |first=Andras |title=Classic Call of Duty Makes Quite an Emotional Fan Film |url= http://kotaku.com/classic-call-of-duty-makes-quite-an-emotional-fan-film-1441911194 |work=Kotaku.com |access-date=7 October 2013}}

Starting in 2018, Pelletier has directed the web series Inhuman Condition, written by R. J. Lackie and starring Torri Higginson and Cara Gee.{{cite web |url=http://streamdaily.tv/2016/07/06/shaftesburysmokebomb-returns-with-inhuman-condition/ |title=Shaftesbury/Smokebomb returns with Inhuman Condition |first=Bree |last=Rody-Mantha |date=6 July 2016 |work=StreamDaily.tv |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819230113/http://streamdaily.tv/2016/07/06/shaftesburysmokebomb-returns-with-inhuman-condition/ |url-status=dead }}

Pelletier's short film The Collision was shortlisted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, when he was 18. In March 2011, his World War II piece In the Hearts of Men swept all major production awards at the Arizona Film and Media Expo, including Best Director, Best Film, Best Editing, along with Best Cinematography for director of photography Erik Tallek.

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