Jesse Zook Mann

Jesse Zook Mann is an Emmy winning American documentary producer and director best known for Punk Jews, and My First Time. His work has appeared for NBC, VICE, MTV, Al Jazeera, and The Science Channel. Mann concentrates on subjects revolving around subcultures, outsiders, and activism. Mann currently lives in Seattle.

Jesse Zook Mann with Nina Paley shooting My First Time: The Tribeca Film Festival. CC0 No rights reserved.

Background, Education, and Career

Mann was born on April 13, 1980 in Manhattan, NY, and attended High School at Walt Whitman High School on Long Island, NY. In 1998 Mann attended Ithaca College’s television and radio program, where he directed several documentaries on local communities in the region, including The Southside Project, documenting Upstate New York’s involvement in the Underground Railroad.[1]

After college Mann produced films on the Samish Indian Nation, and field produced the film Splitting Hairs that made its debut at Silverdocs, and was the most watched documentary film on Hulu upon its release.[2] Mann was a producer for NBC’s LXTV brand for several years, working on Open House, First Look, and My First Time. [3] Mann won an Emmy Award for Best Sport Special for My First Time's TV movie of the 2008 Summer Olympic games featuring Tim Morehouse, and Sandra Fong.[4]

In 2010 Mann produced VICE's first original content for television on The Vice Guide to Everything for MTV. In 2012 he the directed reality programing including Monster Mansions on Discovery Networks, and Oddities San Francisco on the Science Channel.

In December 2012, Mann released his first independent film, Punk Jews, documenting Jewish subcultures in New York City. The film opened to sold out screenings, at the 92nd Street Y and The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco and was featured in the front page of the New York Times website, and received features in the New Yorker, Haaretz, and international television coverage.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Tamar, Morad. "IC Documentarians Story Teller". ithaca.edu. Ithaca College. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Roberts, F. "SPLITTING HAIRS". AFI Docs. AFI Docs. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jesse Zook Mann". IMDB. IMDB.
  4. ↑ "2009 EMMY AWARD WINNERS PRESS RELEASE". NY Emmys. National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences New York. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Press". Punk Jews. Adon Alam Productions.
  6. ↑ Mann, Jesse. "World Premiere in NYC: WOW!". Punk Jews. Odon Olam Productions. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Leland, John (9 March 2013). "The Orthodox Fringe" (MARCH 9, 2013). New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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