Jesse Vogelaar

BIOGRAPHIE

[EN] Jesse is a writer and director in Melbourne. He debuted as a baby on a small farm in Cambridge, Aotearoa/New Zealand to two newly arrived Dutch immigrants. Over the last two years, Jesse has made a mark with a signature style of off-beat and absurd short-form work, coupled with a relentless need to make more all of the time. Driven by a desire to explore social norms within upended circumstances or otherness, his style taps into the memories and thoughts from growing up in a small town in New Zealand – a view of the world that is often janky and tied to imaginative logic, while finding human connection along the way. His narrative shorts have screened on his home turf at Sydney Film Festival and travelled from Palm Springs International Shortfest to PÖFF. They’ve also been picked up for broadcast on SBS and CANAL+. He directed the ABC and Screen Australia supported “Ruby Rai P.I.”. In 2016 his short film, "You Lose" - went viral and Junkee called it, "Australia's Greatest Work of Art".

FILMOGRAPHIE