Jesse Cowell, aka "Jeskid" is a filmmaker who has made two feature films, written seven, starred in his own reality web show and made hundreds of short films. All of this while staying close to the people he loves most - the fans and friends he has made along the way.About
Writer/Director Jesse Cowell grew up on the upper west side of Manhattan New York. As a child, when he wasn’t being read to by his novelist mother, or chasing fires and swat teams with his news photographer father, Jesse spent four days a week watching movies at his favorite neighborhood theater. In the years that followed, Jesse followed his dream to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California’s (USC) acclaimed Cinema School, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema/Television Production, and along the way, Jesse’s work won several Cine Eagle awards and a student Emmy.
At this time Cowell formed his own banner, Jeskid Productions, and mounted his first feature film, the highly irreverent comedy “Shades of Gray”………..launched completely online in 2005. By releasing his film on the web, Cowell built up a very significant fan base and was even awarded the Audience Choice award for Best Director’s Site by Movies.com! This led to “Shades of Gray” jumping to the big-screen as it was awarded Best Comedy Feature Film at the Microcinema Festival in Chicago that same year.
In the process of getting “Shades of Gray” seen, Jesse started “Jeskid TV”; An up close up and personal look of all the insanity it takes to move forward in the film business. Jesse not only included 
people who enjoyed his film in the process of figuring it all out – he invited them into the most intimate (and silly) moments of his life. Bonds were forged, screenings were had all over the country and most of all everyone had a great time getting to know one another. All through the fun, Jesse was in so many ways inspired to continue the fight forward.
Throwing caution into the wind with the existing fan base 100 percent behind him, “Jeskid” then mounted up with state of the art HD equipment and 
began shooting what would be his most accomplished piece yet: the half animated Webby-award-winning “Drawn by Pain”. Since its online episodic release, Jesse has been featured by IFC’s lunchbox, iTunes, the MSG channel, Escapist Magazine, NY Comic Con, the NY post, two national radio shows and many front pages across the web.
Immediately after the series finale, “Drawn by Pain” was combined into the never before seen feature film version which is now ready to hit the independent filmmaking scene. Jesse’s motto “The only person who can truly say if something can or can’t be done is you.”
“About page” aside – I think the video below shot several years ago sums me up pretty well: