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Jeff Barnaby (1976 – 13 October 2022) was a Mi'kmaq and Canada film director, writer, composer, and film editor. He is known for his films Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls marked Barnaby's feature film debut. The film premiered in the Discovery section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. It was given an independent release in Canada by its production company, Prospector Films in 2014. In July 2014, Monterey Media acquired the film for U.S. distribution. For his direction Barnaby was named Best Director of a Canadian Film by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, best Actor (Glen Gould) and Director at the American Indian Film Festival (2014), and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Devery Jacobs) at the Canadian Screen Awards (2014).
In 2015, Barnaby was invited by the National Film Board of Canada to participate in Souvenir, a collective made up of four First Nations filmmakers invited to use their archival material in order to create a short documentary. Barnaby's contribution was the short film Etlinisigu'niet (Bleed Down).
Barnaby premiered his sophomore feature Blood Quantum at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, as the opener for the festival's Midnight Madness section. The film was named the second runner-up for the festival's . The film has been acquired for U.S. and international distribution on the Shudder streaming service, with Canadian streaming rights to be held by Crave.
At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, Barnaby was nominated for Best Original Screenplay,Brent Furdyk,
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, 30 March 2021. and won the award for Best Editing, for Blood Quantum.Naman Ramachandran, "'Schitt's Creek,' 'Blood Quantum' Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, 21 May 2021.
Following his death, the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival and Netflix launched the Jeff Barnaby Grant, a program to support new works by emerging indigenous filmmakers.Noel Ransome, "New grant for Indigenous filmmakers launched in honour of Jeff Barnaby". Toronto Star, January 26, 2022. He was also named as a posthumous recipient of the Board of Directors Tribute Award at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.Connie Thiessen, "Marilyn Denis, John Brunton among Canadian Academy ‘Special Award’ recipients". Broadcast Dialogue, March 19, 2024.
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