Jeff Barnaby was born and raised on the rural Mi'gMaq reserve of Listuguj Quebec. A multidisciplined artist, he has won several awards for his art work, pœtry, short stories and films. His work provides a bare knuckled view of the post colonial Indians and the world they live in. Jeff Barnaby's first short film, From Cherry English (2005), won 2 Golden Sheaf awards (Yorkton) and played in dozens of festivals including Sundance, Tribecca, Fantasia, the Vancouver International Film Fest and the Atlantic International Film Fest.

The Colony (2007), Jeff Barnaby's second short is a gritty depiction of deception, desolation and decay. Born of an imaginative script and proficiently executed, this powerful film witnesses cockroaches and chainsaws wreak havoc during one man's descent into madness.