About me
Terry Jones is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation who grew up on the Cattaraugus Indian Territory located in Western New York. He is a commercial photographer and filmmaker living in New York City. His primary goal is to portray contemporary Native American society through film, video and still photography.
Previously he produced and edited the short documentary films Thomas Indian School Reunion (2004), What the Hell Is Corn Soup? and Through The Eyes of Clint. Terry also produced, edited and starred in the short film Frybread: A Traumedy. Terry also produced and edited a five program series involving Native artists’ exhibitions and accompanying artist talks at the American Indian Community House in New York City.
In 2005, Terry attended the Institute of American Indian Arts Film and Television Workshop where he was awarded an ABC/Disney Talent Development Fellowship. His feature length screenplay, Salem, is about a 14-year-old Native girl’s experience in a residential boarding school during the 1940’s. The screenplay was under option at Disney.
Currently, Terry is producing his first-feature documentary Casino Nation, which is scheduled to air on the PBS series POV. Funding sources for this project include Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT), POV, Independent Television Service (ITVS), Lucius & Eva Eastman fund, Sundance Documentary Fund and New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
Since 2009, Terry has been a panelist for the Electronic Media and Film Programs for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
From 2005 to 2009, Terry was on the Board of Directors at the American Indian Community House in New York City where he served as Vice-Chairman and Secretary.
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