JesseWarn
- Director
- Writer
After coming up with the idea for Nemesis Game, his first feature film, Jesse Warn ended up making it in Canada with a multinational cast, and being nominated for best picture at the 2003 NZ Film Awards. He went on to direct a run of commercials, and episodes of Spartacus. Since then Warn has spent time in the United States directing a range of high profile series, including True Blood, Arrow and Supergirl.
Screenography
Biography
Jesse Warn’s filmmaking journey has involved its fair share of aeroplanes: from directing his first movie in Canada and editing it in London, to a long run of television credits in the United States.
Many of Warn’s early screen ventures involved longtime friend Aaron Morton, who was then working his way up the ladder in the camera department of Xena: Warrior Princess. In the 1990s the duo collaborated on a run of music videos. Two became three when they paired up with producer Matthew Metcalfe, who found the cash to fund Warn’s early shorts 9 Across and Little Samurai, a tale of sushi and romance. Both shorts won nods at the NZ Film Awards.
Awards
2003 New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Director: for Nemesis Game
Nominated for Best Screenplay: for Nemesis Game
Nominated for Best Film: Nemesis Game
“By the time we'd wrapped, you should have seen us. Friends didn't recognise us. ”