Jesse Dylan - Biography

Jesse Dylan (born January 6, 1966, in New York City) is an American film director, and the founder, CEO and creative director of the media production company Wondros.

Personal Life

Jesse is the eldest son of musician Bob Dylan and Sara Lownds Dylan. His siblings include Anna Lea (b July 11, 1967), Samuel Isaac Abraham (b July 30, 1968), and Jakob Luke (b December 9, 1969). In addition, his father adopted Sara's daughter from a prior marriage, Maria Lownds (b. October 21, 1961). Bob and Sara Dylan divorced when Jesse was 11 years old.

Dylan is married to Susan Traylor; they have two children.

Dylan attended New York University film school and began his career directing music videos for clients including Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Lita Ford, Public Image Limited, and Lenny Kravitz. In 2008, he directed the will.i.am Emmy Award winning music video Yes We Can, inspired by Barack Obama's historic run for president.

Wondros

Dylan founded Wondros, a full-service production company which specializes in translating complex business and prosocial ideas into simple media messages. Wondros clients are a mix of organizations, corporations, and individuals, including the Clinton Global Initiative, Desmond Tutu, Creative Commons, TED, the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard University, Major League Baseball, Cameron Diaz, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

At Wondros, Dylan and the collective of storytellers focus on exploring and explaining innovative projects and people. A film for The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which explains the Large Hadron Collider, led to Fast Company naming Dylan one of the Most Creative People of 2010.

Dylan curated the iParticipate campaign for the Entertainment Industry Foundation. He also directed public service announcements, including a print campaign, for Stand up to Cancer (SU2C.org), an organization committed to fostering collaboration in cancer research. He produced eight 30-second PSAs for the 2010 Rock the Vote Vote Fearlessly Campaign.

He has created media projects for a diverse group of organizations, including Bono’s non-profit ONE, the (RED) campaign fighting AIDS in Africa, the Council On Foreign Relations, the PODER Reconciliation Forum, and a short film exploring innovation at Harvard Medical School for the CATALYST project. Dylan is also an active member of TED (Technology Entertainment Design), where he has created marketing materials and short films in support of TED Prize Winners.

Other Work

His feature film directorial work consists of comedies such as Kicking and Screaming, starring Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall, and American Wedding. Other feature-length projects include the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, which explores the culture of gangs and systemic violence in South Los Angeles. He produced the film for director Stacy Peralta who premiered it at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Dylan also produced and directed an original television series, “CONversations with Ricky Jay,” which was built around sleight of hand artist Ricky Jay.

Lybba

In 2007, Dylan launched Lybba, a non-profit organization focused on the open source healthcare movement. The project, according to Fast Company, "combines the latest verified medical data with social networking to allow patients and health-care professionals to make informed decisions." The self-professed goal of the project: "to create an online central repository of medical information."

Affiliations

Dylan is a fellow at Science Commons and serves on the board of Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C. public interest group focused on citizen rights in our emerging digital culture. Dylan is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and TED. In addition, he serves on the advisory board of Peer39<ref >http://www.peer39.com/team/advisory-board/</ref>.

External links

• Wondros
• Lybba
• Jesse Dylan in The Wall Street Journal
• Jesse Dylan/Lybba on Marketwatch.com
• Jesse Dylan on Air Mozilla
• Jesse Dylan, Creative Commons Fellow