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Naledi Jackson is a Canadian-South African screenwriter, director, and producer, best known for her work on Anne with an E, Outer Range, Shining Girls, and her short film, The Drop In.

Early life
Naledi Carissa Jackson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Canadian and South African parents. She spent her formative years living in Zimbabwe, where her family was posted when she was a child. She eventually moved back to Canada to study fine art at Concordia University, before transitioning into filmmaking.

Television
Naledi Jackson’s professional screenwriting career began in Canada, where she worked as a writer and story editor for the CTV detective drama, The Detail, based on the British crime drama Scott and Bailey. The following year, she wrote and produced for Anne with an E, created by Moira Walley-Beckett, based on the Canadian novel, Anne of Green Gables. The show aired on CBC and Netflix to critical acclaim, winning the Canadian Screen Award for best dramatic series in both 2017 and 2018. In addition to writing for the show, Jackson wrote two original songs for the episode, I Protest Any Absolute Conclusion. The music was composed and arranged by Ari Posner and Amin Bhatia, and the episode was nominated for Best Original Music at the Canadian Screen Awards. After briefly writing for the Netflix sci-fi series, Another Life, Jackson wrote and produced for Amazon Prime’s western sci-fi drama, Outer Range, created by Brian Watkins and starring Josh Brolin. She was also a writer and Supervising Producer on Apple TV’s 2022 sci-fi thriller, Shining Girls, based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, created by Silka Luisa, and starring Elizabeth Moss.

Short Films
Naledi Jackson wrote and directed the short film, The Drop in, an Afro-Futurist action-drama, produced by Silent Tower and Foundry Films, and starring Mouna Traoré and Oluniké Adeliyi. Traoré and Adeliyi trained for over two months for the action sequences and wire work with a team comprised of Eric Daniel, Dennis Lafond and Jason Gosbee (American Gods, Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse), and led by stunt coordinator Paul Rapovski. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was selected for Canada’s Top Ten Festival in 2018. The Drop In was screened at film festivals worldwide, going on to win multiple awards.

In 2020, Jackson directed the short film, Trouble, for 21st Century Studios, which was also widely screened at film festivals internationally.

2022-Present
Naledi Jackson is currently developing the feature version of The Drop In, as well as adapting the Nnedi Okorafor novella Remote Control for Amazon Studios. She is also developing the novel Scorpion by Christian Cantrell, produced by MRC studios. She is a current member of the Television Academy, the Canadian Academy of Film and Television, the WGA-West and the WGC. She resides primarily in Los Angeles.