Jordan Watton is a writer and director from SYDNEY, Australia.

In 2020 Jordan was announced as the winner of AACTA Pitch: Isolation, a development initiative from AACTA and Monster Pictures for his feature film, currently titled Scorcher, about “A socially awkward yet ambitious volunteer firefighter who will do anything to achieve his dreams of becoming a firefighter hero in the eyes of his local town, even if it means lighting the fires himself and putting them at risk to do so”.

As part of the development of the project Jordan was Director’s Attachment with Nash Edgerton on the third season of FX’s black comedy-crime drama series Mr Inbetween. In 2025, Jordan completed a new short film, Feral.

Currently Jordan works as a commercial director and has worked in both Sydney and New York. Past clients include Louis Vuitton, Australia Post and Afterpay.

Jordan is a First Nations filmmaker of the Kamilaroi nation. He is passionate about exploring Indigenous stories and collaborating with fellow First Nations creatives. In 2022, he directed “History Is Calling”, the inaugural campaign for the Uluru Statement from the Heart via creative agency The Monkeys and production company Rabbit.

View some of his work here.

For enquiries
Phone: +61 422 382 587
Email: jordan@jordanwatton.com