CO-EDITOR

Jaki Covington was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. She has two beautiful children with her husband Randy Redroad and lives in Long Beach, Ca.

Jaki began her film career over 13 years ago, working on multiple projects with mentor, legendary indie producer, Heather Rae.  With Heather, she moved from documentaries to features and back again learning the intricacies of filmmaking. She helped shoot and produce the Showtime documentary “First Circle”, an intimate look at the foster care system in Idaho.

Jaki’s passion is for projects that matter. She has worked for the likes of Wyclef Jean, and Taboo from The Black Eyed Peas on their philanthropic passion projects as well as collaborated with Dr. Jessica Zucker’s groundbreaking media campaign @ihadamiscarriage.

In 2012, she traveled to South Africa as director of photography/editor on “Life Change” a docu-series about cultural exchange among young people.  In 2018, Jaki was on the editorial staff for the feature documentary Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She edited "Paulette" a short documentary about the first female Native American candidate for governor in Idaho for Heather Rae.

Most recently she edited alongside Mohammed El Manasterly (The Square)  for director Eli Roth (Hostel) on the feature documentary "Fin" that reveals the devastating effects of the shark fin trade.