Jared Raab
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Jared Raab is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, best known for his work on the television series Nirvanna the Band the Show.
Originally from Millbrook, Ontario, Raab studied film at York University. He made a number of short films before breaking through to wider attention with his 2011 short The Revenge Plot, which won the Fan Favorite award at the 2011 RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition. For a number of years thereafter he was a director of music videos for artists such as Born Ruffians, Arkells, Ohbijou, Diamond Rings, PS I Love You, Snailhouse, Young Rival and Fast Romantics. He received two Prism Prize nominations as a director of music videos, in 2017 for July Talk's "Picturing Love" and in 2021 for Andy Shauf's "Clove Cigarette".
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He was cinematographer on Matt Johnson's films The Dirties and Operation Avalanche prior to Johnson and Jay McCarrol creating Nirvanna the Band the Show, for which Raab was both a cinematographer and one of the writers.
He is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Comedy Series for Nirvanna the Band the Show, receiving nods at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for "The Bean" and at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for "The Book", and a nominee for Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for This Is Pop.
Known for
BlackBerry
February 13, 2023
V/H/S/94
September 26, 2021
Operation Avalanche
September 16, 2016
The Dirties
October 4, 2013
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
February 2, 2026
Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav
September 8, 2026
Surviving Crooked Lake
July 24, 2009
Fig Trees
February 9, 2009
Photo Booth
September 23, 2022
Middle Life
September 20, 2025
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
August 16, 2024
Beauty's Pride
May 28, 2025
Behind the camera24
- 2026Gavin Matts: present Camera Operator
- 2026The Betrayers Director of Photography
- 2026Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav Director of Photography
- 2026Uncle Stav: Mission Impossible Teaser Cinematography
- 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Story, Title Designer
- 2025Middle Life Producer, Director of Photography
- 2025Beauty's Pride Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2024Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Animation Director
- 2023July Talk: Love Lives Here Editorial Consultant, Director of Photography