JAY
SCHWIESO
2IC
Camera Operator
Editor
Thumbnail Design
Live Show Operation
2024 - Present
australia zoo
I work on site to create content for the Australia Zoo YouTube channel - 796k subscribers - in collaboration with the Irwin family. I assist in leading a team of creatives through pre-production, shooting and post-production of various Australia Zoo, Wildlife Warriors, Crocodile Hunter Lodge and Warrior Restaurant & Bar content.
My editing and shooting shines the most in the channel’s documentary style projects, a selection of which has been linked here. I particularly enjoy being on the road with the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital’s rescue unit, documenting their efforts to protect local fauna.
Creative Director
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor & Colourist
2025 - Present
Fueled by my passion for documentary filmmaking and live music, I launched my own YouTube channel - Wavelengths - in April of 2025.
This project has been following bands from the Brisbane/Meanjin region, documenting their creative processes, showcasing their personalities, and aims to capture the essence of the city’s local music scene.
This venture into independent documentary filmmaking has given me opportunities to network with a wide variety of artists, and develop my style and voice as a filmmaker.
freelance & social media
filmmaking & editing
splendour in the mud
Writer
Editor
2024
A retelling of the events of the 2023 Splendour in the Grass music festival - sourly nicknamed ‘Splendour in the Mud’ by attendees due to the flooding of the showgrounds - from three different perspectives and opinions.
Gold Coast Film Festival: Official Selection
Changing Face International Film Festival: Best Editing
Changing Face International Film Festival: Student Short of the Month
bluefish
Director
Producer
Writer
Editor & Colourist
2024
A heartbroken survivor of the apocalypse relives his past in order to forget his hopeless future.
QUT Shorties: Finalist
Studshots Short Film Festival: Official Selection
There’s No Blue In That Painting
Colourist
2024
There's No Blue In That Painting deals with the paranoia of an up-and-coming art critic. Eleanor Quinn is selected to judge in a prestigious art portrait competition when she is horrified to be told by her ex-partner that he has entered a presumably contemptuous portrait of her, sending her on a witch-hunt to figure out which painting is his and stop it from winning.
Sparrowland Short Film Festival: Honourable Mention
Screen It Int. Film Festival: Exquisite Production Design
River and house
Editor
Colourist
2024
Explores the culture and history of Brisbane, Australia, through the brushstrokes of a few powerful voices in the local art scene.
Near Far Film Festival: Best Student Film
Australian Independent Film Festival: Finalist
Swan Women’s Film Festival: Official Selection
Changing Face Film Festival: Official Selection
SydFest Independent Film Festival: Official Selection