Jasia Kiersnowski
Filmmaker in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jasia Kiersnowski is a filmmaker, video journalist, record collector and DJ. Currently based in her hometown Toronto, Canada. She also specializes in Music Clearance and Licensing, Social Media Management, Blogging, Audio Editing and On-Air Presentation. She earned a BA in Radio & Television Arts from Ryerson University in 2007 and since has worked in television as a music coordinator for So You Think You Can Dance Canada and a music supervisor for YTV's Zoink’d. As well she has worked on various films such as Rodrigo Gudiño’s The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh on the highly stylized documentary Super Duper Alice Cooper.
Jasia’s true passion lies within music, traveling and the people she has encountered along the way. Her drive and enthusiasm to share stories has led her to wander all over Europe, Canada and the USA documenting artists, DJs, music producers and industry professionals from different walks on life and various places around the world. She is most proud of her collaboration with the not-for-profit organization Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, Mississippi. There she spent four weeks story producing, editing and shooting a short documentary about Delta Blues musician Lala Craig in LaLa Land.
On the side, Jasia has also been building her portfolio as a freelance producer for various publications and independent video projects. In 2012 she was a videographer for MTV News Canada, documenting the 2012 SXSW Music, Film & New Media Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas.
At the start of 2015, she started The Scenario Films with long time collaborators Shevan Bastian, Dave Yan & Matt Reid. Stay tuned as they launch their site up in late 2016.