Jamie Arielle is a filmmaker, producer, and creative troublemaker whose work lives at the intersection of honesty, heart, and intentional storytelling. She didn’t plan to become a director — she simply followed the feeling. What began as a personal second act has evolved into a full creative ecosystem where film, media coverage, cultural documentation, and soft-spoken reflections all live under one artistic lens.

Her work centers the quiet truths Black women carry — the resilience, tenderness, invisibility, and brilliance often overlooked. Through narrative film, documentary work, photography, and real-time cultural coverage, Jamie uses story as a way of holding space: for healing, for connection, and for the moments that shape us even when no one is watching.

A former educator who spent years in classrooms building confidence in young people, Jamie now brings that same care to her sets and collaborations. Her artistry is rooted in community; she believes the best work is made in environments where people feel seen, safe, and valued.

Jamie is the co-owner of 22nd & Story, the founder of Production in Black the nonprofit arm, and the creator of Notes to Self — a soft, cinematic room for reflection, honesty, and becoming—her peace. Whether she’s directing a film, capturing a live show, producing for a creative team, or documenting a feeling in real time, her mission remains the same:

Make work that feels.
Make space that heals.
Tell stories that refuse to be ignored.