Chelsea is a visual storyteller and multidisciplinary artist drawn to arts, culture, and identity. She creates through various mediums (film/video, photography, writing) and is trained professionally as a video editor.
About
Chelsea Nyomi is a queer Afro-Indigenous Caribbean-Canadian visual storyteller and multidisciplinary artist who strives to build communities through shared experiences, creating through film/video, photography, graphic design, and writing.
Shes done professional development programs such as OYA Emerging Filmmakers (OYA Black Arts Coalition), BEING BLACK IN CANADA (Fabienne Colas Foundation), Women in Post (Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television), Breakthrough Development Lab (DOC Institute), Field of View Mentorship (CSC), LIMITLESS (Caribbean Tales Media Group), Scale Up Business Bootcamp (OYA Black Arts Coalition), Digital Entertainment Connect (CFC), and Toolbox (European Film Market).
Shes been a video editor since 2017, having worked in the unscripted, documentary, sports, and branded content industries for companies like Insight Productions, Proper Television, Mythic Productions, Bell Medias CP24, Yahoo Sports, Verizon Media, TSN, and MLSE.
Chelseas work is situated in themes of belonging, self-exploration, and reflection. She refers to herself as a wonderer and a wanderer, stemming from her curious nature and adventurous personality.
As a filmmaker, she creates both documentary and fiction projects. Her produced projects as a writer-director have been documentaries, and she has a slate of fiction short films, feature films, and series in development. Her documentary work centers on culture, identity, the arts, and belonging; she tends to focus on historically underrepresented and marginalized communities. With her fiction work, she loves creating new worlds and blending genres and has written screenplays in the styles of comedy, science fiction, psychological thriller, and romantic drama. She is a versatile creator focused on writing, directing, and editing.
