Jesse lives in Brooklyn. Her films WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES received a Short Subject Jury Award at The Sundance Film Festival, THE GUARANTEE received Best Short Film at Newport International Film Festival, and 34x25x36 had National PBS Broadcast on P.O.V. All three films are being distributed through New Day Films. Jesse was selected for of “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by filmmaker magazine. She is also the editor of the Shooting People, Inc. NY Filmmaker’s Network.

Jesse Epstein, received an MA in documentary film and gender studies from NYU. She has directed and produced documentary projects both nationally and internationally. Her Public Service Announcement about body image has been shown in the Media That Matters Film Festival in conjunction with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and on the Oxygen Media Channel. She is also the founder of a youth video program in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and an instructor for Reel Stories: Sundance's youth documentary lab. Jesse recently received a grant from the Chicken and Egg Fund and the Fledgling Fund to produce a fourth segment of "Body Typed".

Jesse grew up in Boston, Mass. She received an MA in documentary film from NYU. Jesse was recently selected for "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine. For three years she instructed Reel Stories: Sundance's Youth Documentary Workshop. With a grant from Chicken & Egg Pictures, Wet Dreams and False Images, and The Guarantee, are being expanded into a one-hour film about body image and media. To see samples of her films, visit http://www.newday.com/filmmakers/Jesse_Epstein.html.