About Jesse

After graduating high school, Jesse enlisted in the US Army at age 17, and was deployed on a peacekeeping mission to post-genocide Bosnia-Herzegovina. Upon leaving the military he decided to study theater, majoring in scenic design at the University of Florida and graduating with BFA degrees in Stage Acting and Stage Directing from UC Santa Barbara. After college he moved to Bangkok, Thailand where he directed and performed for an English-speaking theater company. He went on to work in theaters across the US, including Playwrights Horizons in New York City, the American Reparatory Theater (A.R.T.) in Boston and the Magic Theater in San Francisco. He has an MFA in Film from Columbia University, where his thesis film, DAY 39, was a finalist for the Student Academy Award.

He currently lives in Los Angeles.