Pessulus
Served as both editor and director. After the death of his brother, a man finds himself unable to escape the weight of unresolved guilt. As reality fractures, he is tormented by a presence that refuses to remain in the past - forcing him to confront what he's tried hardest to forget.
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Narrative Projects
Short films, festival selections, and long-form storytelling.
Pessulus
Served as both editor and director. After the death of his brother, a man finds himself unable to escape the weight of unresolved guilt. As reality fractures, he is tormented by a presence that refuses to remain in the past - forcing him to confront what he's tried hardest to forget.
Hands Like Hers | Short film (Teaser)
A teenage girl living with her distant father starts piecing together the night her mother disappeared, only to realize her memories have been manipulated.
Narrative Reel
A curated reel of narrative work spanning 2022 to 2025 — showcasing dramatic storytelling, emotional pacing, and cinematic editing across short films and personal projects.
Commercial Projects
Brand films, product launches, and advertising campaigns for global clients.
Permanent | Sharpe Ad
The Long Stretch
Editor and Videographer for Hutch Paving MI
Client: Hutch Paving
SickTheMag Ad
Sick The Magazine is a media platform covering drag-and-drive racing, combining high-performance car culture, real drivers, and event-focused storytelling.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Sick Spice Ad
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Neighborhood Resurfacing
Editor and Videographer for Hutch Paving MI
Client: Hutch Paving
CVS makeover
Editor and Videographer for Hutch Paving MI
Client: Hutch Paving
Sick BBQ Ad
Ready for some new flavors and next-level cooking experiences? Start by seasoning with the Sick Spice collection. Our spice blends will elevate your grilling experience and leave your friends and families's taste buds begging for more.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Roadkill Nights - Tom Bailey
Coverage of Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge — one of the biggest street legal drag racing events in the country. Fast cuts and high-energy pacing capture the raw atmosphere of race day, from burnouts in the staging lanes to full-throttle passes down Woodward Avenue.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Milan Dragway - Sick Seconds
A fast-paced edit following drag racer Tom Bailey, built from vlog-style coverage. The piece emphasizes speed both on and off the track, using rhythm and timing to mirror the intensity of racing while maintaining a clear visual flow.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Personal Projects
Experimental work, personal essays, and passion projects.
Reframed
A study of perception, distortion, and the male gaze. The dancer exists only through reflective surfaces, gradually transforming into an image shaped by screens and time, until the viewer is fully consumed and trapped within that illusion.
HUMAN OPTIMIZATION
This is part 1 of a 2-part experimental series and will be followed by the actual performance.
Maculate | Experimental film
The pursuit of an ideal self, chasing a version of you that keeps shifting further away, until the original is no longer recognizable and the distance between who you were and who you wanted to be becomes impossible to close.
Aussie skids - Roadkill Nights
An Artist's Eye | mini doc
Meet my roommate Luke, easily one of the most talented artists I've ever come across. We grew up in the same place: Upland Hills School - a small, nature-driven school built on creativity, individuality, and thinking differently from the start. This is a glimpse into his world.
Finding myself - An experimental project
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Pessulus
Served as both editor and director. After the death of his brother, a man finds himself unable to escape the weight of unresolved guilt. As reality fractures, he is tormented by a presence that refuses to remain in the past - forcing him to confront what he's tried hardest to forget.
Hands Like Hers | Short film (Teaser)
A teenage girl living with her distant father starts piecing together the night her mother disappeared, only to realize her memories have been manipulated.
Permanent | Sharpe Ad
Reframed
A study of perception, distortion, and the male gaze. The dancer exists only through reflective surfaces, gradually transforming into an image shaped by screens and time, until the viewer is fully consumed and trapped within that illusion.
HUMAN OPTIMIZATION
This is part 1 of a 2-part experimental series and will be followed by the actual performance.
Maculate | Experimental film
The pursuit of an ideal self, chasing a version of you that keeps shifting further away, until the original is no longer recognizable and the distance between who you were and who you wanted to be becomes impossible to close.
Aussie skids - Roadkill Nights
An Artist's Eye | mini doc
Meet my roommate Luke, easily one of the most talented artists I've ever come across. We grew up in the same place: Upland Hills School - a small, nature-driven school built on creativity, individuality, and thinking differently from the start. This is a glimpse into his world.
The Long Stretch
Editor and Videographer for Hutch Paving MI
Client: Hutch Paving
SickTheMag Ad
Sick The Magazine is a media platform covering drag-and-drive racing, combining high-performance car culture, real drivers, and event-focused storytelling.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Finding myself - An experimental project
Narrative Reel
A curated reel of narrative work spanning 2022 to 2025 — showcasing dramatic storytelling, emotional pacing, and cinematic editing across short films and personal projects.
Sick Spice Ad
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Neighborhood Resurfacing
Editor and Videographer for Hutch Paving MI
Client: Hutch Paving
CVS makeover
Editor and Videographer for Hutch Paving MI
Client: Hutch Paving
Sick BBQ Ad
Ready for some new flavors and next-level cooking experiences? Start by seasoning with the Sick Spice collection. Our spice blends will elevate your grilling experience and leave your friends and families's taste buds begging for more.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Roadkill Nights - Tom Bailey
Coverage of Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge — one of the biggest street legal drag racing events in the country. Fast cuts and high-energy pacing capture the raw atmosphere of race day, from burnouts in the staging lanes to full-throttle passes down Woodward Avenue.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
Milan Dragway - Sick Seconds
A fast-paced edit following drag racer Tom Bailey, built from vlog-style coverage. The piece emphasizes speed both on and off the track, using rhythm and timing to mirror the intensity of racing while maintaining a clear visual flow.
Client: SickTheMagazine.com
About
Make them forget
it's a film
Jaden Sweeney grew up in Oxford, Michigan. From the age of five, film was already his world. It started on a LeapFrog GameBoy, learning to edit before he could fully articulate why it mattered. But it mattered. Even as a kid, he treated it like a job. The obsession was real: to craft an image so precise, so convincing, that a viewer couldn't look away. Perfection wasn't a goal, it was the only option.
Growing up, he made hundreds of short films, vlogs, and documentaries, directing, editing, and recruiting neighborhood friends to bring his visions to life. He founded his own production group, Tales, and built a YouTube presence that taught him the mechanics of storytelling at scale: algorithms, audience retention, the rhythm of what keeps people watching. It was a self-built film school long before he ever set foot in one.
That devotion led to freelance work throughout high school and beyond. He went on to study at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit before transferring to the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he is approaching his Bachelor of Fine Arts. Art school is sharpening what years of self-teaching had already built, expanding his technical range and deepening his visual instincts.
In his first year at SCAD, knowing the curriculum wouldn't give him the space to pursue his own vision, he took matters into his own hands. The result was Pessulus, a passion project that went on to win awards and screen at film festivals overseas.
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17
Years
6
Awards
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