Jarvis grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada until he was 17, where then he moved to Los Angeles to attend film school at Biola University. He graduated with a degree in Film Production and with a position at ABC Television's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' in 2012. Jarvis has Directed/Produced a number of festival selected films including:　　Upon My Honor at the Albuquerque Film and Media Festival in 2014,　　Fish Food at the ICE Film Festival in Dayton, Ohio in 2016,　　Light at the Flick Fledgling Filmmakers' Festival in Indiana, Pennsylvania in 2016,　　Under The Bed, that played at both the Edmonton Independent Filmmakers Night and at the Edmonton International Film Festival of Fear in 2017, was also nominated for 'The Best Shoestring Budget Film' Award at EIFFF.　　Beautiful Cake, that played at the Motion Pictures International Film Festival, the Night of Fear Film Festival and at the Edmonton International Film Festival of Fear in 2018, which was nominated for Best Short Film and featured best actor nominee Jacques Lalonde at EIFFF.