Jillian Acreman has directed six short films under the umbrella of Columbus Avenue Pictures which she founded in 2009. Acreman wrote and directed The Man Who Sold the World starring Golden Globe nominee Steve Railsback, and in 2014 she produced Pop (dir. Ryan O’Toole) which was selected by Telefilm Canada for the “Not Short on Talent” showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. Her short films Broke, The Editor, The Art of Decay, and North have previously been licensed to CBC for broadcast. Acreman’s short Marigolds premiered at the 15^th Annual Silver Wave Film Festival, where it was awarded both Best NB Short Film, and the Viewer’s Choice Award. The film went on to have over 20 screenings and presentations, including at the National Arts Center in Ottawa. Most recently Acreman directed her first feature film Queen of the Andes through the Telefilm Talent to Watch program, with the support of the Province of New Brunswick.  The film won Best Canadian First Feature at the 2021 Victoria Film Festival and Viewer's Choice at the Silver Wave Film Festival. The Globe and Mail hailed it as an “engaging piece of cinema with ambition and ideas to spare”. 

Acreman serves as President of the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative, and Studio Head for the Foundation Visual Arts program at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design, where she has been an instructor since 2018.