Jesse Zook Mann is a producer and cinematographer from New York City. Recently, Jesse produced the NBC special My First Time: The Tribeca Film Festival, and has been working on NBC’s hit real estate show Open House NYC over the last year. Jesse has also contributed pieces to Broadway.com, including the first ever web documentaries for Broadway shows, including A Chorus Line; and Legally Blonde.

Jesse was born in Manhattan to hippie parents: a professional modern dancer mother and and father in the used car business. He was raised in five neighborhoods in Queens and three towns on Long Island. Jesse attended the Park School at Ithaca College, in upstate New York, where he organized activist groups addressing social justice issues. Jesse’s commitment to activism and media production often converge and have resulted in work for Democracy Now TV, The Samish Indian Nation, Youth In Action Now, The Social Justice Fund, Gay Lesbian And Straight Education Network, The Women And Cuba Collaboration, and Partners In Entertainment Against Cruelty Against our Elders.

Jesse has worked on projects for MTV Networks, MSNBC TV, Nintendo, Philips Oral Healthcare, Tony award winner Michael Cerveris, various broadway publicists, as well as About US airing on PBS, Pay Per View Direct TV, and Cablevision On Demand.

Jesse currently lives in Greenpoint Brooklyn, and just recently returned from a tour of Germany shooting Firelight Films’ Splitting Hairs, the story of the world beard and mustache championships. He is currently segment producing for NBC’s new wedding show I Do.

Links:
Zook on the IMDB. Click here. Ithaca College Quarterly Article. Click here. Wall Street Journal Article from Republican National Convention Coverage. Click here.