Jesse is an award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer focused on our complex relationship with the natural world. His directorial debut with Shane Anderson titled CHEHALIS: A WATERSHED MOMENT played on PBS in over 20 states and national streaming.

He most recently worked as cinematographer and feature editor on COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE (2023, dir. Shane Anderson), helping to tell the story of the Nez Perce tribe’s fight for environmental justice.

His cinematography and editorial work has been featured in three Vimeo staff picks, Discovery, and Outside Magazine.

Jesse holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Santa Cruz, where he studied Film & Digital Media with a focus on production, and sound. In 2019, his documentary short THE LOST REDWOOD received an award at the Archaeology Film Festival and is now syndicated on the Archeology Channel in the EU.