Cinematic Poet Productions was founded by Shatara Jordan, a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Shatara initially went to school for music production, but later switched her major to theatre. While pursuing her Bachelors in Theatre, Shatara not only gained recognition for her writing through national competitions and winning local poetry slams, but she started creating content in her college dorm room that combined her love for music, storytelling, and poetry. 

She referred to her style of content as cinematic poetry, a musical blend of poetry incorporating elements of cinema. Shatara wanted to explore the different ways one could consume a particular type of media, and did not want to confine her ideas into a box.