Jesse is an international award-winning film maker based in the South-West of England. He is a graduate of both the National Film & TV School and Oxford University, and is a John Brabourne Awardee. His NFTS film 'Runt' won Best Film at Brest and Bologna; Special Jury Prize at Taipei and Special Mentions at Ludwigsburg and Aix-en-Provence.

More recently, Jesse wrote and directed half-hour BFI drama 'If You Can Hear Me' — about a boy finding hope through friendship after his discovery of a death by suicide — distributed by 7 Palms Entertainment and Gonella Productions, and available on Amazon Prime Video.

Prior to this Jesse made 'Change Step' for Forces Connect South West — about an army veteran struggling to adjust to ‘civvie’ life; UK Film Council short 'Isaac' — about a man finding forgiveness for the day his brother drowned; five shorts about adolescence and mental health for Charley Waller Memorial Trust; and ‘Shoplifting' 'Fight' & 'MDMA' — three shorts made for Somerset Youth Offending Team.

Documentary credits include 'A Special Place' — a series of shorts profiling artists and the places that inspire them, which have screened at Liverpool Lift Off, St Albans, Edindocs, Purbeck, HELD and been nominated for an American Online Film Award; ‘Wonderlooper’ — following artist Di Mainstone transform a suspension bridge into a giant musical instrument; and ‘Nocturne’ — about the release of previously unrecorded piano works composed by the late Malcolm Lipkin.

This year, Jesse completed his hybrid documentary ‘The Light Inside’ — about surviving mental ill-health, funded by The Victoria Wood Foundation, and made in partnership with Bath Mind through Jesse’s production company WorldOutThere Films Ltd.

Current projects include taking his debut feature screenplay 'Sargasso Dreams’ into production; prepping the next instalment in his ‘A Special Place’ series; and writing a collection of short stories. Jesse is also a singer-songwriter with folk-rock band The New Spirits.