About Jesse

Jesse Zook Mann is a producer and cinematographer from New York City. Currently, Jesse is producing the documentary series My 1st Time for NBC, earning top ratings for LXTV. In the past year My 1st Time specials have included coverage of the Summer Olympics, The Tribeca Film Festival, The NYC Marathon, and the Presidential Inauguration. Recently Jesse has been segment producing on NBC’s hit real estate show Open House New York, and 1st Look, as well I Do! Jesse has also contributed pieces to Broadway.com, including the first ever webisodes for Broadway, 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, 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 work airing on PBS. 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.

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