Jesse Orrall is a filmmaker and storyteller based in Los Angeles, California with over a decade of experience spanning features, commercials, journalism, music videos, experimental films and beyond.

Through his 7+ years covering the tech industry as a video journalist for CNET, Jesse has explored how technology impacts our relationship to the world, to one another, and to ourselves. He helped grow What the Future from a brand new Facebook page into a multi-platform hit series amassing 1 billion+ video views, and his viral pandemic hit “I prerecorded myself in video meetings for a week (and nobody knew)” became CNET’s 3rd most viewed video of all time.

Filming the Mars Perseverance rover for CNET

Through his work with FACT Magazine and The Vinyl Factory, Jesse has documented the creative processes of some of the world’s most gifted artists and musicians.

Filming Zaytoven’s Against the Clock (ft. Yung Pinch) for FACT Magazine

In 2018, Jesse co-founded Soul Magic Productions with his partner Alisa ‘Oko’ Okamoto, a production company that specializes in dance and music videos. Since then, Jesse has developed a passion for stylistic experimentation and honed his skills at choreographing camera movements to complement the action playing out on the other side of the lens.

Camerawork and choreography onset for the Soul Magic Productions music video ‘Morning Noon.’
BTS by Candice Nachman

Through his work onset as a 1st and 2nd assistant director, production coordinator and producer, Jesse has learned to anticipate the needs of various departments, stay cool under pressure, communicate effectively, and get things done on-time and under budget.

He is developing multiple feature film projects including the award-winning documentary The Trash Goes Out on Tuesday.

Jesse is relentlessly curious and values filmmaking both as a way of making sense of a complicated world and as a universal language that can transcend any barrier, divide, or limiting belief.

If you’d like to reach out, please head over to the contact page up above. Thanks for stopping by :)