Jordan Paterson

Producer

Jordan Paterson is a Richmond based writer and filmmaker whose films often focus on stories of migration and the social dynamics of communities through history.

A graduate of Simon Fraser University’s film program, Paterson has directed many award-winning documentaries for festivals and TV broadcast and collaborated with Chinese communities, artists, and broadcasters locally and abroad for the past 10 years. His last documentary Tricks on the Dead, about Chinese migrant labour in the First World War, won the BC Must See Audience Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival (2015), Best International Co-production at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival; three BC Leo Awards, two Yorkton Golden Sheaf Awards and two Canadian Screen Awards.

Paterson’s current documentary series is a Canada-China co-production with CCTV 10 on the life of Dr. Norman Bethune.