Jeremy Charles

Beginning his career as a freelance writer and graphic designer, Jeremy spent a decade as a photographer recognized for his bold portraiture and work in the music scene before turning to filmmaking in 2014.

Jeremy has been involved in nearly every role in film production in hundreds of short docs, narrative shorts, branded content and music videos. He is a co-creator, producer and director for “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” which has earned 9 regional Emmys, and he was awarded Best Director in 2017 for the documentary short “Singing Tradition”. His direction of the music video for ‘Everybody Needs’ by Branjae earned Judge’s Choice Graphex award in 2018, and his films have been selected for numerous film festivals.

Creating representative content for Indigenous peoples is a commitment for Jeremy. A pilot for an original animated series in Cherokee language “Inage’i (In The Woods)” in currently in production. His narrative short “Totsu (Redbird)” premiered in 2020 at Portland Film Festival and went on to win “Achievement in Film”, L.A. Skins Film Festival’s highest honor. Jeremy is currently developing future episodes of his animated series as well as feature films, short films, documentaries, and TV series.