Jesse Dylan
Jesse Dylan (* 6. January 1966 as Jesse Byron Dylan in New York City ) is an American film director and CEO of the production company Wondros.
Life
Jesse Byron Dylan was born in New York City , the first child of musicians Bob Dylan and Sara Dylan . He has two brothers, Samuel and Jakob Luke , a sister Anna and a half-sister Maria. His half-sister was later adopted by his father, but gave up his last name after their parents divorced in 1977. Dylan attended New York University film school and worked on music videos.
He is married to actress Susan Traylor and has two children. His in-laws are the acting teachers William Traylor and Peggy Feury .
Career
He made his directorial debut in 1993 with the short film Skid Row: No Frills Video . In 1995 he worked for a music - documentary , the video A Face in the Crowd , as director. In 2001 Dylan directed the stoner comedy So High , collaborating with Method Man , Redman and Hector Elizondo . In the third part of the American Pie series American Pie - We are getting married , Jesse Dylan was the director, Jason Biggs , Alyson Hannigan , Seann William Scott , Thomas Ian Nicholas and Eddie Kaye Thomas were in front of the camera together for the last time in the film series . Only Eugene Levy played in the other sequels. Dylan's last film so far, Football Fever - Penalty for Daddy , starring Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall , was a football comedy this time . This was followed by the two short films Inside the Light (2005) and Vidiosyncrasy (2006). After the films, Jesse Dylan recorded five episodes of the US television series Instant Def and was also a producer, before shooting the short documentary Ricky Jay Plays Poker in 2007 about and with the magician Ricky Jay (including Willie Garson and JJ Johnson ) recorded.
In addition to his work as a director, Jesse Dylan has been involved in other projects as a producer, such as the documentary William Egglestone in the Real World and the drama Welcome to California . For the documentary Crips and Bloods , which is about the violence of the gangs Bloods and Crips in the south of the city of Los Angeles , Forest Whitaker was heard as a narrator. Here led Stacy Peralta directed, wrote also the screenplay and Dylan was involved as a producer on the film. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 .
Before Dylan directed films, he recorded music videos for Lita Ford , Elvis Costello , Lenny Kravitz , Public Image Ltd. , Tom Petty and Tom Waits . In 2008, he directed the with an Emmy winning music video Yes We Can the artist will.i.am , who by the victory of Barack Obama was inspired in the presidential elections, directing.
Filmography
- 1993: Skid Row: No Frills Video (short film)
- 1995: A Face in the Crowd (short film)
- 2001: So High ( How High )
- 2003: American Pie - The Wedding ( American Wedding )
- 2005: Football Fever - Penalty for Daddy ( Kicking and Screaming )
- 2005: Inside the Light (short film)
- 2006: Vidiosyncrasy (short film)
- 2007: Ricky Jay Plays Poker (documentary)
Web links
- Jesse Dylan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wondro's official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welcome to California. (No longer available online.) Track16.com, March 3, 2007, archived from the original on March 18, 2012 ; accessed on January 31, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dylan, Jesse |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dylan, Jesse Byron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |