Jared Pelletier (born 29 November 1990[1]) is a Canadian director, responsible for a number of short films including In the Hearts of Men and the Machinima series Omega.

[2] Pelletier was born and raised in Aurora, Ontario, where he attended Cardinal Carter Catholic High School.

[11] The first Bioshock trailer was released on 25 November 2011, and the film been in various production stages since 2008, involving producer Gore Verbinski, writer John Logan, and at one point another director, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.

[12] In October 2012, Pelletier completed principal photography on his first major series through the Machinima deal, titled Omega.

[13] Starting in 2018, Pelletier has directed the web series Inhuman Condition, written by R. J. Lackie and starring Torri Higginson and Cara Gee.