About us


JJ Neepin is an Indigenous Director and Writer and a Fox Lake Cree Nation member.
JJ founded JJNeepinFilms INC. and has screened many of her works at festivals worldwide. 
She began her TV career directing for several documentary series including APTN’s Taken and Michif Country. 
In 2022, JJ moved from documentary to scripted television and directed an episode of CTV’s Hudson & Rex, season 5. In Spring 2024, she directed an episode of CTV’s Acting Good, season 3. 
In between shows, JJ takes every opportunity to learn and improve her skills, ready for the next challenge put in front of her. One of her main goals is to make her first feature Luminous and to eventually create and Showrunner her own television series. When she finds time to relax, JJ enjoys reading and watching true crime, binge-watching documentaries, reading manga, and creating bullet journals. 
DIRECTOR REEL:  (new updated reel coming soon)
AGENT: David Ritchie at Ambition Talent (Toronto)
 
JJ on set of Acting Good S3
Justina Neepin is a Cree Producer, Writer and Filmmaker based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A graduate of the University of Manitoba with a BA in English and Film Studies. After winning the inaugural RBC Emerging Filmmaker Pitch Competition at the 2012 International Gimli FIlm Festival, she founded a production company with her sister JJ Neepin called JJNEEPINFILMS.
The pair have produced several short films that have played at numerous national and international film festivals.
Currently in early development of their first feature film in partnership with Buffalo Gal Pictures.
A talented storyteller, Justina is a writer for Zoot Pictures 3D animated series 'CHUMS', a childrens program featuring in four languages: Cree, Ojibwe, French and English on APTN.
Justina is a member of the of the DGC BIPOC Committee, Chair of the DGC Manitoba BIPOC DIversity & Equity Committee and a contributing member of the Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective.


Justina Neepin (profile)