A multiple award-winning filmmaker and entrepreneur focused on inclusive storytelling and social impact
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Jared Milrad is an award-winning social impact filmmaker, entrepreneur, and lifelong advocate for social change who has spent over two decades leading transformative initiatives.
As the Founder and President of A Show For A Change and Movikarma, Jared fosters inclusion, representation, and social impact through the power of storytelling and entertainment. Jared launched a social impact streaming platform and monthly social impact film festival that has worked with 500+ filmmakers from 50+ countries. He has cultivated a diverse roster of relationships across Hollywood, including with The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Netflix, Amazon Studios, Apple TV+, Disney, The Sundance Institute, Lionsgate, NBC Universal, Participant Media, ViacomCBS, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Bad Robot, Hello Sunshine, Shondaland, Ryan Murphy Productions, The Obama Foundation, and with Oscar-nominated and Oscar-winning filmmakers, nonprofits, and production companies. On Movikarma’s podcast, Rewriting Hollywood, Jared has interviewed dozens of award-winning underrepresented talent from across the industry.
An accomplished progressive leader, Jared served on the Out For Biden States Team on President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, working with LGBTQ+ leaders nationwide. He previously worked on President Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and served in The White House during the Obama Administration. To help families afford legal services, Jared founded a nationally recognized nonprofit organization personally supported by Warren Buffett's family foundation, Peter Buffett, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.), and Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow. He also appeared in Hillary Clinton's historic presidential campaign commercials ("Getting Started," "Equal"), which received over 10 million views worldwide, and he has been profiled by dozens of media outlets around the world, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, BBC News, The Guardian, The Times of London, TIME, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, and ABC News.
A finalist for The Sundance Institute’s prestigious Episodic Lab, Jared is an accomplished writer/director, actor and producer who has created numerous films, TV pilots, web series, documentaries, political ads, and PSAs. Jared has cultivated a diverse roster of collaborations across Hollywood, including with two-time Oscar-nominated director Bryan Buckley and many others. His latest film, “Expecting,” addresses gender identity and stars Jack Settipane (“Last Call”) and Kiana Madani (“The Pirates of Somalia”).
Jared holds a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, a graduate degree from Tufts University, and an undergraduate degree with highest honors from North Carolina State University. He received performance training at the prestigious The Second City Chicago and the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Hollywood. Jared has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA (SAG-AFTRA) and Summit Series, a curated community of creative entrepreneurs and innovators.
An advocate for social change since the age of 14 who has helped lead service projects on four continents, Jared lives in Long Beach, CA, where he was a first-time candidate for City Council endorsed by actor Kal Penn. Jared and his husband, Nate, are proud parents of their rescue dogs, Oliver and Dolly.
Official Selection
Rewriting Hollywood
Micheaux Film Festival
Official Selection
Expecting
Micheaux Film Festival
Official Selection
Expecting
Love Wins International Film Festival
Official Selection
Expecting
Cannes Shorts
Award Winner
Expecting
Amsterdam International Film Festival
Honorable Mention
Expecting
Berlin Indie Film Festival
Official Selection / Best Direction Award
Expecting
LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival
Official Selection / Best Direction Award
Expecting
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival
Official Selection
Expecting
Infinity Film Festival
Official Selection
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International Film Arts and Hearts Film Festival
Official Selection
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London Director Awards
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New Haven International Film Festival
Official Selection
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Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
Official Selection
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Ignite Film Festival
Semi-Finalist
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Prague International Indie Film Fest
Winner: Outstanding Cinematography. Nominated for Outstanding Sci Fi, Outstanding VFX, Outstanding Cinematography, Outstanding Dramatic Actress (short form) - Kiana Madani, and Outstanding Dramatic Actor (short form) - Alex Skinner
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The Micheaux Film Festival
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short)
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Indie Short Fest
Award Winner
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Crown Wood International Film Festival
Official Selection
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Anatolia International Film Festival
Official Selection
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Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Official Selection
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Global Indie Film Festival
Official Selection
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Golden Short Film Festival
Award Winner
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1st Monthly FIlm Festival
Semi-Finalist, 2019
Cumpleañera
jellyFEST
Los Angeles
College
North Carolina State University
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
20022006
College
Tufts University
Animals and Public Policy
20062008
College
Northeastern University School of Law
Law
20092012
High School
South Brunswick High School
19982002
Birth Date
February 4
Birth City
New York
Current City
Long Beach
Gender
Male
Married To
Nathan Johnson
"The only tyrant in this world is the still voice within." - Mahatma Gandhi
A multiple award-winning filmmaker and entrepreneur focused on inclusive storytelling and social impact
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Publicist
Di Moda PR
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