Jordan Manley
Films
Treeline
In Progress (ft. doc)
Out On A Limb
A Skier’s Journey
Photographs
Environs
Folks
Salmonid
White Planet
Sounds
Arts & Crafts
Lately
About
Contact
About
Jordan Manley is a Canadian filmmaker and photographer based in Vancouver, BC.
His work explores human relationships with nature — through movement, image, and sound.
Filming with a 3000 y/o bristlecone pine tree for Treeline. p: garrett grove
I was born in Toronto, Canada, and moved to Vancouver with my family when I was young. I felt at home in the mountains and on the ocean, and my relationship to those environments has been evolving ever since. For a decade I photographed skiing, cycling, and outdoor adventure professionally for publications and brands around the globe, and in 2010 began a transition to making films.
Each film is a collaboration under the umbrella Narrows Media, named for the place where tidal water rushes back and forth between Vancouver and the North Shore mountains, on the traditional unceded territories of the Musqueum, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. I am continually guided by producer Laura Yale, the creativity of Daniel Irvine, my brother Chad Manley, and other talented folks who duck under the umbrella often.
Selected Film Awards
“Out On A Limb”
Winner, Best of the Year in “Videos for Good” Category, Vimeo Festival and Awards (January 2021)
Special Jury Mention, Banff Mountain Film Festival (2020)
“Treeline”
Winner, Grand Prize Award, Bilbao Mendi Film Festival (2019)
Winner, Best Canadian Film, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (2019)
Winner, Vision Award, Ottawa Adventure Film Festival (2019)
Winner, Best Mountain Film, Ukerdi Film Festival (2019)
Winner, Best Cinematography, The Earth Day Film Festival (2019)
Winner, Best Documentary Short, Trenton Film Festival (2019)
“The Curve of Time”
Winner, Special Jury Prize, New Zealand Mountain Film Festival (2018)
Winner, Best Environmental Film, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (2018)
Winner, Best Environmental Film, Kendal Mountain Film Festival (2018)
Winner, Best Short Prize, EarthX Film Festival, (2018)
“A Skier’s Journey” web film series
Best of the Year Award, Vimeo (2016)
Best of the Month, Vimeo (2016)
Winner, Best Cinematography, Adventure Film Festival (2016)
Winner, Best Snowsports Film, Banff Mountain Film Festival (2016)
Winner, Best Adventure & Exploration Film, Kendal Mountain Film Festival (2016)
Winner, Best of Festival, Backcountry Film Festival (2016)
Winner, Special Jury Award, New Zealand Mountain Film Festival (2017)
Winner, Best Ski & Board Film, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (2017)
Winner, Best Film, Winter Film Festival (2016)
Winner, Jury Prize, Sestriere Film Festival (2017)
Winner, Jury Prize, Orobie Film Festival (2017)
Winner, Best Cinematography Mountain Film, Ukerdi Film Festival (2017)
Education
BA, Political Science & Humanities, Simon Fraser University
Selected Press
Booooooom
Fstoppers
Pique
Urth
Freehub