Jordan Oram

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]

Jordan Oram
Oram in 2017
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Cinematographer
Website	www.jordanoramdp.com

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

Year	Title and Artist	Role	Notes	Refs
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 Belly	Director 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 SiR	Director of Photography		[17]
2018	"I'm Upset" by Drake	Director of Photography		[8][18]
2018	"R.A.N" by Miguel	Director of Photography	music video to promote Superfly film	[5][19]
2018	"In My Feelings" by Drake	2nd 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. Drake	Director 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

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Refs
2021	Spiral	Director of Photography		[8]
2022	When Morning Comes	Cinematography		[26]

Television

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Refs
2019	Detention Adventure	Director of Photography		[27]
2022	The Porter	Director of Photography		[8][28]

References

1. Muller, Rick (May 17, 2021). "Jordan Oram Wrote A Book You Read And Plant – The Journeyman". City Life Magazine. Vaughan, Canada: Dolce Media Group.
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. "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. 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.

External links

• Official website
• Jordan Oram at IMDb