Director · Cinematographer · Producer

Jarred McGriff

Jarred McGriff is a director, cinematographer and producer from Newark, New Jersey. He is Director, Creative Production at Paramount's Multiplatform Production Group, making campaigns, premieres and live coverage across CBS, MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, Logo and Paramount+. He started shooting at 14, founded L2C Studios in 2016, and has won three Webby Awards, eight Telly Awards and three Shorty Awards. He is a voting member of the Television Academy and a judge for the Webby, Telly and Signal Awards.

“He taught me everything I know about acting. I could thank the academy, but I really need to thank him.”
Denzel Washington
“He taught me everything I know about acting. I could thank the academy, but I really need to thank him.”
Denzel Washington

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Webby Awards

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Telly Awards

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Shorty Awards

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Years in Newark · Est. 2016

Years in Newark

Selected work

Selected credits

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Directed

Gladiator II, Paul Mescal featurette for Paramount Pictures

Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning, US premiere

Elsbeth, CBS promo

CBS Tony Awards 2025 promo

MTV VMA Live Countdown 2024

MTV Live: Women in Rap

Nickelodeon Orange Carpet: IF

Watson holiday storytime with Morris Chestnut, CBS

Spectrum x CBS College Basketball

Covenant House, #EndYouthHomelessness series

HBCU Virtual Homecoming 2020

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Cinematography

Gladiator II, LA premiere live stream

Gladiator II, Paul Mescal featurette

Logo30 linear spot, Logo TV

Ts Madison: Logo Legend, with RuPaul, Tina Knowles and Billy Eichner

Logo Spill with Rickey Thompson

Cycle Breakers: Dreama Caldwell

Black Joy Blazers: Nikki Giovanni, NewsOne

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Producer

Black Joy Blazers: Nikki Giovanni, NewsOne. Executive producer. Two Webby Awards, four Tellys

HBCU Virtual Homecoming 2020, Support Black Colleges. Executive producer, director and editor. Shorty Awards honoree

Crown Royal Artist Loft, Diageo. Executive producer

BMF Retro Radio, Rock The Bells x STARZ. Line producer

NAACP ACT-SO National Awards 2022. Director and editor

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Post production

BET Networks. Post-production lead, 2016 to 2021

TikTok #MakeBlackHistory finale. Post supervisor

Netflix Strong Black Lead social. Creative lead and post supervisor

McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden with DeVon Franklin. Editor

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