Jordan Amit - Video Editor

Monaco

I was the editor on a four-person team competing in the 2022 24 Hour Film Race, where we had to create a short film—from concept and writing through filming and editing—in just 24 hours. I edited for 14 straight hours, making editing decisions quickly under an intense deadline. The film made the top 10 finalists and was screened at the Cobb International Film Festival in Atlanta, where it won 3rd place and Best Cinematography in our category.

Puppets - Editor’s Cut

Dan Luce is a Portland puppeteer who creates his own strange and imaginative world through his handmade puppets. I was given almost full creative license to shape the film from unscripted footage, selecting and structuring the material to find the story within it. The result is a short documentary with a magical, melancholic, and slightly otherworldly atmosphere.

Timgad

Approaching 2 million views, this is the most successful video on my YouTube channel. It explores Timgad in Algeria, one of the best-preserved Roman colonies, using the surviving ruins to reconstruct how the ancient city was organized. Drone shots and detailed on-the-ground footage of the archaeological site are combined with illustrated drawings that help visualize everyday life in a Roman city. This was the breakout video that put Street Gems on the map and led to interest from brands looking to sponsor the channel.

The Lycians

Approaching 1 million views, this 21-minute documentary is the longest video on my YouTube channel. It provides a comprehensive look at the ancient Lycian civilization, covering its origins, language, architecture, political history, and relationships with neighbouring cultures such as the Greeks and Romans. The project required bringing a wide range of historical material together into a single coherent narrative, supported by extensive footage of Lycian archaeological sites across southern Turkey.

About Jordan

Jordan Amit is a Vancouver-based video editor and the creator of Street Gems, a YouTube documentary channel focused on ancient history and archaeology. The channel has accumulated 5.7 million views and 46,000+ subscribers in three years.

On Street Gems, he handles nearly every aspect of the creative process, including ideation, research, scriptwriting, footage sourcing, voice-over, editing, and motion graphics. His approach is to take history and find the interesting story within it, while making connections between the different cultures of the ancient world, and making complex subjects accessible to a wide audience.

Outside of Street Gems, Jordan has edited documentary, fiction, promotional, and other client projects, working both independently and in collaboration with directors and other creatives.

Jordan holds a BA in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology from UBC and an Associate Certificate in Video Production from BCIT. Street Gems brings together his love of the ancient world with his passion for editing and filmmaking.

He is currently looking for opportunities in video editing and post-production and is open to working across a wide range of subjects and formats.