Jesse Einstein

Producer

Jesse Einstein has produced, directed, written and acted in internationally distributed content with partners such as Concordia Studio, Boardwalk Pictures, Jubilee Media, Radical Productions and Sky TV. He has produced two feature documentaries and directed multiple narrative shorts. He has also directed and produced audio experiences for Audible Studios. Jesse is currently adapting some of his favorite musicals into films.

Participating Sessions

CLOSING NIGHT: Accepted

SAME STORY, DIFFERENT APPROACH

Though they come from different cultures, and often bring different approaches to their work, investigative documentary filmmakers and journalists have much in common; they both understand their work as serving the public good, they both believe in accuracy and fairness, and sometimes they both find themselves following the same story. This panel will examine one such case: the TM Landry Prep School and the controversial, and apparently fraudulent methods that...

THE CHILLING EFFECT OF LIBEL DEFAMATION COSTS

In 1964, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times v. Sullivan shaped libel law and bolstered freedom of press in the U.S. by raising the bar for public figures, requiring them to prove a journalist or news organization knowingly lied or acted with reckless disregard for the truth in order to win a defamation lawsuit. Over the course of nearly 60 years, the Sullivan decision has served as...