Courses Taught: VST Visual Storytelling, GDB Graphic Design Basics, DP Digital Photography and Scriptwriting (upcoming)
Education: BA in Music, University of California, Santa Cruz

Jesse is a designer and fabricator specializing in silicon, clays, and plasters. He’s sculpted maquettes for films such as Spiderwick and Coraline, as well as creatures for various commercial and film projects. He’s supervised post production video and sound for the DOC Film Institute, and his stop motion film Rung, shot with Chuck Duke, premiered at the Hiroshima Film Festival in 2009.

In addition to his film background, Jesse has worked extensively in the audio industry as both a recording engineer and sound designer. Cutting his teeth in New York jingle houses and post-production studios, Jesse’s had the opportunity to work with such notable artists as Ornette Coleman, Sussan Deyhim, Shirin Neshat, Mario Grigorov, Richard Horowitz, Dawn Avery, and Bill Laswell.

After moving to the Bay Area, he mixed and mastered with Fantasy Studios (SF) alumni for Testament, Machine Head, Exodus, DDP, Trouble, and Dorian Mingus.

Previous courses taught in Sound Arts: SA304 Digital Audio Workstations 1, SA308 Digital Audio Workstations 2, and SA305 Audio Post Production. Jesse is a certified Pro Tools “Operator” in both Music and Post Production.