Person
Jesse Moss
Directing · Palo Alto, California, USA
Biography
Jesse Moss is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer known for his cinéma vérité style. His 2014 film, The Overnighters, was shortlisted for best documentary feature at the Oscars. Moss has directed four independent, feature-length films and three television documentaries and has produced 15 documentaries. Moss teaches filmmaking at San Francisco State University and lives in the Bay Area with his wife and frequent collaborator Amanda McBaine and their two children.
Known for
Dirty Money
Director
The Family
Director
Teenage Wasteland
Director
The Bandit
Director
Speedo
Director
Boys State
Producer
Gay Chorus Deep South
Producer
Con Man
Director
Wolf's Mouth
Director
The Mission
Producer
Filmography
- 2025Teenage WastelandDirector
- 2025The Shepherd and the BearProducer
- 2024War GameDirector
- 2024Girls StateDirector
- 2023The MissionProducer
- 2021Mayor PeteCinematography
- 2020Boys StateProducer
- 2019The FamilyDirector
- 2019Wolf's MouthDirector
- 2019Gay Chorus Deep SouthProducer
- 2018Dirty MoneyDirector
- 2016Killing the ColoradoDirector
- 2016The BanditDirector
- 2014The OvernightersDirector
- 2008Full Battle RattleDirector
- 2004Rated 'R': Republicans in HollywoodDirector
- 2003Con ManDirector
- 2003SpeedoDirector
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