Jessie Deeter

Producer

Jessie Deeter is a Piedmont, California-based documentary producer, director and journalist. She was the Producer of Who Killed the Electric Car?; which premiered at Sundance and was released by Sony Pictures Classics in 2006.

In addition to producing “Revenge of the Electric Car,” Jessie recently directed and produced “Death by Fire,” a documentary that was the premiere of PBS’s FRONTLINE season, airing nationally October 19, 2010.

Jessie has been producing, reporting and shooting documentaries for more than a decade, specializing in work in Africa and the Middle East. She worked several years on different projects for FRONTLINE before starting her own production company, StartBox Films. Jessie has also produced stories on topics like Muslim speed dating for outlets like Al Jazeera. She partners for special projects with OffLabel Media in Los Angeles.

She has a Masters from UC Berkeley’s journalism program.


Jessie Deeter’s Favorite Films

Man on Wire "I think this is one of the most perfectly executed documentaries of all time. Music, shooting, suspense, drama--wonder characters, editing, and, on top of it all, incredibly inspirational. To me, it is the salve for all of the homeland security/terror/fear/horror nightmares that Americans have worked up in our psyches since 9/11. This film says: It doesn't have to be that way. Man is greater than that.”

When We Were Kings “Again, a great, great story. Excellent use of stock footage to create a character. I've seen other Muhamed Ali films and this is by far and away the most compelling and richly told.”

Amelie "Gorgeous shooting, characters, transports you into a new world of amazing possibility.”

Winter's Bone " One of my favorite movies of the past year, if not all time. I love little stories with amazing, tough female characters that tell bigger stories. I love fiction that gives us lessons about class and place and time that we might not take otherwise. And what acting!”