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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Jesse has been based in London for the last 20 years where he's directed documentary films and series for major platforms including Netflix, Amazon Studios, Discovery+, and ESPN Films. 

His 2012 debut feature documentary, ‘Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet', told the story of American musician Jason Becker and his battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Screening at multiple film festivals around the world, it received numerous awards including a Special Jury Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival. It was a New York Times Critic’s Pick when it was theatrically released, and earned Jesse a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Grierson Awards. 
 

His follow-up film ‘The Prince of Pennsylvania’ was released as part of ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 documentary series. It told the bizarre story of John du Pont and his Foxcatcher wrestling team. It premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival and the Hot Springs Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Sports Documentary. The series went on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction.
 

Since then, Jesse has directed the Netflix Original documentary series ‘Captive’ (2016), the feature documentary ‘Gypsy’s Revenge’ for ID Films (2017), ‘This is Football’ for Amazon Studios (2018), and the Netflix Original documentary series ‘The Ripper’ (2019), which became the #1 series on the platform following its release.

 

His four-part series ‘Curse of the Chippendales’, premiered at the 65th London Film Festival in 2021 and was nominated for a Broadcast Award for best documentary series. It was released on Discovery+ in the US and Amazon Prime in the U.K.

Jesse's latest project is the three-part Netflix series, 'The Diamond Heist,' Executive Produced by Simon Chinn and Guy Ritchie. It's due for release on Netflix in 2025. He is currently working on an Orchard Studios production for Netflix. 

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