Jarred grew up in a musical family. He had his first introduction to the stage at the age of five where he sang and danced. At 17 years of age he went on to regularly produce and direct stage shows and performances for his local church which continued for six years.

In his early 20's he began working on video productions which included private and corporate projects. Over a 20 year period Jarred gained a lot of experience as an MC fronting live bands, compering events like weddings, weekend band events and corporate evenings.

Jarred is also a fully trained NZ school teacher with 24 years experience and has success teaching at just about every level of education. After being a classroom teacher for six years, a decision was made to specialise in drama. For the next 16 years Jarred went on to teach the performing arts, specialising in acting for camera and theatre, at three primary schools, two high schools (one as Head of Performing Arts), Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) and South Seas School of Film and Television (SSFTV) acting for camera and stage lecturer.

Jarred's personal acting career spans over 20 years where he has performed in over 50 shows, two feature films and many short films.

His qualifications include a Bachelor of Education, Diploma in Teaching, Diploma in Producing and Directing (NZQA), and completion in Acting Masters class at SSFTV.

Completed works include:

• a feature length film, In Your Keeping (Writer, Producer and Director)
• Four stage productions at MIT
• two stage productions at Pt. Chev Primary
• 30+ short films at MIT and SSFTV (Director - Editor)

Jarred can assist you with producing your video/ad - writing, storyboarding, producing, directing, editing right through to publishing it on your website and social networks.