Jesse Epstein

Jesse Ericka Epstein is a Sundance Award-Winning documentary filmmaker. She received a Masters Degree in Documentary Filmmaking from NYU, and was named one of “25 filmmakers to watch” by Filmmaker Magazine. Her films have screened in over 40 film festivals worldwide, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), MaSS MoCA, The Peabody Museum, and Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Jesse's film 34x25x36 received a national PBS Broadcast on POV. In addition, she has a published video Op- Doc “Sex, Lies and Photoshop” in the New York Times. In addition to joining the teaching team in the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing, she also teaches filmmaking at Emerson College in the Department of Media & Visual Arts. With her filmmaking, Jesse has received grants from Chicken & Egg Pictures, The Fledgling Fund, and Catapult Film Fund. She's also received a National Endowment for the Arts residency at MacDowell, a Working Films Residency at MaSS MoCA, a Family Friendly Residency at Marble House Project and Rockland Woods. Jesse is continuously fascinated by the documentary art form and excited to share this love with her students. She is particularly interested in what this medium can do for scientific inquiry. Jesse is in production on a film about Mosquitoes, Climate Change - and high and low tech solutions.