Jordan Oram

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Jordan Oram
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Oram in 2017
NationalityCanadian
Occupation Cinematographer
Website www.jordanoramdp.com

Jordan Oram is a Canadian cinematographer who best known for his work on Drake's music videos "God's Plan", "In My Feelings" and "Life Is Good" and also feature films Spiral and When Morning Comes . In 2021, Oram released a plantable book titled The Journeyman. [1] His work in the CBC series The Porter earned him a Canadian Screen Award for Photography in a drama program or series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [2] [3]

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Career

Oram started shooting music videos and short films with Ron Dias and Kelly Fyffe-Marshall as early as 2011. [4] Oram said that he manifested [5] working on the biggest music video for Drake and ironically his breakthrough was when he worked on Drake's music video "God's Plan" which was directed by Karena Evans. [6] The music video caught the eye of director Darren Lynn Bousman from the Saw franchise [7] and hired him for the Saw spin off Spiral . Oram was the director of photography on CBC's The Porter which was later acquired by BET. [8] Oram won the Prism Prize Special Achievement Award in 2021. [9]

Filmography

Music videos

List of crew roles in music videos
YearTitle and ArtistRoleNotesRefs
2017"Mumble Rap" by Belly Director of Photography [10]
2017"Run This" by Plaza Director of Photography [11]
2017"You for You" by Anders Director of Photography [12]
2017"The Come Down Is Real Too" by BellyDirector of Photography [13]
2018"Summer in November" by SiR Director of Photography [14]
2018"God's Plan" by Drake Director of Photography [8] [15]
2018"Blue" by Lolo Zouaï Director of Photography [16]
2018"D'Evils" by SiRDirector of Photography [17]
2018"I'm Upset" by DrakeDirector of Photography [8] [18]
2018"R.A.N" by Miguel Director of Photographymusic video to promote Superfly film [5] [19]
2018"In My Feelings" by Drake2nd unit DOP [20]
2018"Tap Out" by Jay Rock ft. Jeremih Director of Photography [21]
2019"Everyday Life" by Coldplay Director of Photography [22]
2020"Life Is Good" by Future feat. DrakeDirector of Photography [23]
2020"What If I Told You That I Love You" by Ali Gatie Director of Photography [24]
2020"Don't Waste My Time" by Usher ft. Ella Mai [5]
2020"90 BPM" by Sean Leon Director of Photography [25]

Feature film

YearTitleCrew roleNotesRefs
2021 Spiral Director of Photography [8]
2022 When Morning Comes Cinematography [26]

Television

YearTitleCrew roleNotesRefs
2019 Detention Adventure Director of Photography [27]
2022 The Porter Director of Photography [8] [28]

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  2. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (April 14, 2023). "2023 Canadian Screen Awards: Comedic & Dramatic Arts" – via Broadcast Dialogue.
  3. ↑ "The Porter, Sort Of showered in awards on the CSAs' final night". CBC News . 2023-04-15. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16.
  4. ↑ Celebrity Cinematographer Jordan Oram on releasing the first ever plantable book. The Morning Show . Global News. April 21, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Canadian cinematographer Jordan Oram explains how he manifested working with Drake". Lakes Media Network. ABC Audio. July 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Wright, William J. (July 30, 2021). "Jordan Oram Carves Out a New Look For the "Saw" Franchise". Rue Morgue .
  7. ↑ Magidson, Joey (May 12, 2021). "Film Review: 'Spiral: From the Book of Saw' is the Best Outing in the Franchise Yet". Awards Radar.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Jordan Oram (August 2, 2021). "Jordan Oram Interview: Working on Spiral, Drake's Biggest Music Videos". ComingSoon.net (Interview). Interviewed by Tyler Treese.
  9. ↑ "Haviah Mighty's Thirteen wins 2021 Prism Prize for top Canadian music video". CBC News . July 26, 2021.
  10. ↑ Belly (October 6, 2017). Belly - Mumble Rap (Official Video) – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ Plaza (November 8, 2017). PLAZA - Run This (Official Music Video) – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ Anders (November 28, 2017). anders - You For You (Official Video). Event occurs at 3m52s closing credits, also description – via YouTube.
  13. ↑ Belly (December 6, 2017). Belly - The Come Down Is Real Too – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ SiR (January 17, 2018). SiR - Summer in November. Event occurs at 3m50s closing credits – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ Drake (February 16, 2021). Drake - God's Plan. Event occurs at 5m22s closing credits – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ Zouaï, Lolo (March 25, 2018). Lolo Zouaï - Blue (Official Video). Event occurs at 3m49s closing credits – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ SiR (May 4, 2018). SiR - D'Evils (Official Music Video). Event occurs at 3m30s closing credits – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ Drake (June 13, 2018). Drake - I'm Upset. Event occurs at 5m50s closing credits – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ Miguel (June 15, 2018). Miguel - R.A.N. (Official Video). Event occurs at closing credits. Retrieved November 14, 2022– via YouTube.
  20. ↑ Drake (August 2, 2018). Drake - In My Feelings – via YouTube. 2ND UNIT DOP – JORDAN ORAM
  21. ↑ Rock, Jay (October 4, 2018). Jay Rock - Tap Out ft. Jeremih. Event occurs at 3m38s closing credits – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ Coldplay (December 19, 2019). Coldplay - Everyday Life (Official Video). Event occurs at 5m17s closing credits – via YouTube.
  23. ↑ Future (January 9, 2020). Future - Life Is Good (Official Music Video) ft. Drake. Event occurs at 5m20s, closing credits – via YouTube.
  24. ↑ Gatie, Ali (March 3, 2020). Ali Gatie - What If I Told You That I Love You [Official Music Video]. Event occurs at 3m19s closing credits – via YouTube.
  25. ↑ Leon, Sean (April 1, 2020). Sean Leon - 90 BPM (Official Video). Event occurs at 2m58s closing credits, Production Crew I – via YouTube.
  26. ↑ https://thatshelf.com/tiff-2022-when-morning-comes-review/
  27. ↑ Chiahemen, Fanen (September 2019). "Back to School: Jordan Oram Lenses CBC Gem's Detention Adventure". Canadian Cinematographer. pp. 28–31 – via Issuu.
  28. ↑ EM, Annie [@InTheWrite] (April 11, 2022). "Tonight is The Porter finale written by the superb @superblackgirl. Much love and appreciation to all who've taken this wild ride with us -- and a special tip of the porter hat to our DP Jordan Oram who makes it all look like magic. #cbcgem #ThePorter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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