Kiara Jones

Kiara C Jones is a Director, Writer, Producer and the proprietor of Cultivated Films LLC. Her New York based production company champions diverse storytelling and is focused on creating sustainable financial models for independent filmmakers. Kiara was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for producing Anja Marquardt's She's Lost Control (Berlinale, CICAE, SXSW) The Directors Guild of America honored Kiara with the Grand Jury Award for her debut feature, Christmas Wedding Baby, (Urbanworld, Viacom, Netflix) She collaborated with Oscar winning Writer, Geoffrey Fletcher as the US winner for the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series (TriBeCa) Kiara is an Alumni of IFP's Emerging Narrative Lab, was selected for Sony Pictures Television Diverse Director's Program in and is a Trans Atlantic Partners, International Co-Production Symposium fellow. She most recently directed and produced 21 and Done, a feature documentary, giving voice to the plight of children aging out of Foster care and produced the narrative feature ,Premature which premiered at Sundance 2019.