Jared Hollingsworth is a Mississippi native and currently lives in the city of Hattiesburg. He is an instructor of Media and Entertainment Arts, Video Arts at the University of Southern Mississippi. His background and experience are primarily in post-production, editorial and color. He has been the editor and/or colorist on multiple Mississippi independent films and provided remote services for other projects. In 2020, Jared won a Gold Telly Award for his editing on the short film, Doodle and in 2022, a Silver Telly Award for editing the official trailer for the feature film Demigod.