JESSE ZHOU
Filmmaker, photographer, and DJ. Intrigued by what keeps us close and apart, and keen on distinctive images.
jfzh16@gmail.com
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SCARY
Music video for SAGA BOUY for his single SCARY
Directed by Jesse Zhou
Produced by Andrew Jennings and Ajoni Hopkins
OVERNIGHT
Zero budget short film made as part of the 938 Collective’s UNDERSCORES festival.
Amidst an air raid lockdown, a woman is forced to shelter overnight with the man she intends to be her first lover.
Directed by Jesse Zhou
Written by Masha Makutonina
PALE MOON
Music video for Evil Twin for the lead single from their 2024 EP Helium.
Compelled by mysterious spirits, a pair of downtrodden souls journey to a lighthouse that seems to be calling their names.
Directed by Jesse Zhou
Produced by Peter Colbert and Kat O’Brien
I CAN NO LONGER FIND
WHAT NEVER EXISTED
Independently financed short film, in submission at domestic and international film festivals.
A relationship lost to time and circumstance; two individuals attempt to reconcile the adjacent forces of memory and reality.
Written and Directed by Jesse Zhou
Produced by Kyra Brands and Riina Dougherty
LET’S GET COZY
60 second advertisement for homegoods brand Too Collective by Alexis Barber.
Luxury meets comfort with Too Collective’s signature robe; too cozy to leave, no matter where the city takes you.
Directed by Link Wolfe
Produced by Jesse Zhou
RAT PLAY (Jesse’s version)
Part of a collaborative conceptual artwork created by So Jung Min. Exhibited at the Tutu Gallery in New York in 2023.
A round of golf takes a turn after a horde of foam rats begins to stalk the player. As the inanimate rodents close in, visions of the past float into the greens of the present, and the player reconnects with a game that underpinned a majortiy of his early life.
Written, Directed, and Edited by Jesse Zhou
Concept by So Jung Min