BORN AND RAISED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, JESSE CONTRERAS LIVED IN A POOR TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS CRIME AND MURDER. HIS DAD WORKED IN AN APPLE FIELD WHILE HIS MOTHER WORKED IN A FACTORY. DREAMS OF FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL AND GOING TO COLLEGE WERE BEYOND REALITY FOR JESSE. JESSE MOVED TO SPARTANBURG, SC AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ENROLLED IN DORMAN HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS PLACED AS A JUNIOR BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE THE GRADES TO GRADUATE. WHILE AT DORMAN HIGH SCHOOL, JESSE JOINED THE DRUM LINE TO USE HIS ARTS AS AN ESCAPE. A CLOSE MOTHER FIGURE ENCOURAGED JESSE TO LOOK AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY IN ORLANDO, FL. IN 2006, JESSE WAS ACCEPTED AND BEGAN HIS FIRST YEAR
AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY, JESSE ENGULFED HIS LIFE INTO FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY. HE DECIDED ON TOP OF HIS SIXTY HOURS OF SCHOOL WORK, HE WOULD DO SOME WORK OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TO IMPROVE HIS RESUME. HE RECOGNIZED THAT GETTING GOOD EXPERIENCE WOULD HELP HIM WITH HIS PROFESSION. JESSE EXCELLED IN HIS SCHOOL WORK AND WAS KNOWN AS THE BEST FOCUS PULLER IN HIS CLASS. BOTH TEACHERS AND FELLOW STUDENTS SOUGHT OUT HIS RESUME TO HIRE HIM. A FELLOW STUDENT RECRUITED JESSE AS THE 1ST AC POSITION IN THE FEATURE FILM "THE SACRED." LATER, HE WAS PROMOTED TO CAMERA OPERATOR. THE DIRECTOR OF THE FILM WAS IMPRESSED BY JESSE'S WORK AND SAID THAT HE HAD EXCELLED TO THE LEVEL THAT IT TOOK THE DIRECTOR SIXTEEN YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH.
AFTER GRADUATION, JESSE SUBMITTED HIS RESUME TO BMW HOPING FOR WORK. BMW WAS EXCITED ABOUT HIS WORK AND HIRED HIM FOR DIFFERENT FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY JOBS. RECENTLY, JESSE HAS FINISHED HIS SECOND FEATURE FILM AND IS PREPARING FOR HIS FUTURE.

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