Summary

Visual storyteller, certified Scuba Diver, science and history nerd, relentless creative drive, team player, problem solver, self-starter.

Credits

8/21 – 8/22

Senior Producer (Video)

Staff Position — CNet Details
8/21 – 8/22

Pitch/write/produce/shoot/host/edit tech news and review videos covering a wide range of topics and products, booking and interviewing guests, managing many projects at once from idea to completion and final upload

9/19 – 8/21

Producer (Video)

Staff Position — CNet Details
9/19 – 8/21

Earned 13+ million views & a Gold Telly Award for writing, co-producing, shooting, hosting & editing CNET’s 3rd most viewed YouTube video of all time: 'I prerecorded myself in video meetings for a week (and nobody knew)'

12/17 – 9/19

Editor (Premiere) CNET / What The Future

Facebook Live — Digital — CNet Details
12/17 – 9/19

Part of a two-person team writing, producing and editing social media videos that generated over 1 billion Facebook video views in 2018

9/15 – 9/19

Preditor Against The Clock

YouTube — Digital — FACT Magazine / The Vinyl Factory Details
9/15 – 9/19

Shot/edited multi-camera videos featuring musicians making a song in 10 minutes for FACT’s Against the Clock video series on YouTube, including 3 episodes recognized as among The 10 best episodes of Against the Clock so far.

5/17 – 6/17

First Assistant Director Stories with Kev (Season 1)

LOL Network — Digital — Heartbeat Productions Details
5/17 – 6/17

First AD for Stories with Kev: breaking down and scheduling the production, keeping production safe and on schedule through a packed week of filming, and coordinating efforts across different departments.

4/17 – 5/17

Editor (Premiere) Washed Out - Mister Mellow (visual album)

Stones Throw Records — Music Video Details
4/17 – 5/17

Edited/compiled/color corrected/organized final deliverables for Washed Out's 2017 Visual Album 'Mister Mellow'

6/15 – 7/15

First Assistant Director DeKalb Elementary

Film (Short) — More Light Studios Details
6/15 – 7/15

Helped breakdown and schedule the shoot, kept production safe and on schedule, coordinated efforts across different departments, directed and cued background actors. Ultimately, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for best live-action short.

11/14 – 1/15

Second Assistant Director Get The Girl

Film (Feature-length) — Diablo Entertainment
11/14 – 1/15

Orgs

  • Film and Photography Society

Media

  • I prerecorded myself in video meetings for a week (and nobody knew)

  • Why this Thirty Meter Telescope became a MASSIVE controversy

Recos

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Candice Rose
Director
Jesse is so incredibly thoughtful and kind. He is highly intelligent and always does his due diligence to research his stories well so that he can be unbiased. He has a fresh energy and wonderful perspective on the world and as a film maker. Jesse is ...MORE...

Education

Class of '14

UCLA

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)/Film & Television (Directing Concentrati

My Gear

  • DJI Ronin-S
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4

Skills

  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Video Editing
  • Screenwriting
  • Feature Films
  • Short Films
  • Camera Operating
  • Creative Writing
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Camera assistant
  • Gaffer
  • assistant directing
  • On-Set VFX Supervision