Jesse Dylan

Jesse Dylan is a filmmaker, Creative Director and CEO of Form, a commercial production company, and its social media offshoot, FreeForm.  He has been behind some of the most successful campaigns in commercial television, print, and interactive advertising. He has created award-winning commercials for clients including Nike, Nintendo, Motorola, American Express, NFL, and MTV.  Most recently Jesse's work has been devoted to telling the stories of innovative projects, people, and organizations worldwide. Jesse's projects include the Emmy Award winning video YES WE CAN SONG, inspired by Barack Obama. Additionally, he is creating media projects for a diverse group of organizations including Bono’s non-profit ONE, (RED), the campaign fighting AIDS in Africa, and KIVA, a non-profit, micro-lending organization dedicated to alleviating poverty. Jesse also is an active member of TED (Technology Entertainment Design) where he is creating marketing materials and short films in support of TED Prize Winners. Current projects also include Made in America, a documentary exploring the world of gang violence in South Los Angeles, which he produced for director Stacy Peralta and which was included in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Jesse has also directed a short promotional film with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on reconciliation and a short film exploring innovation at Harvard Medical School. At the vanguard of the collective intelligence community, Jesse's work includes his non-profit medical website Lybba, whose mission is based on the premise that all the world’s medical knowledge should be available free of charge in simple, easy-to-understand language.  An active member of several organizations, Jesse is a fellow at Science Commons and serves on the board of Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C. based public interest group working to defend citizens' rights in our emerging digital culture.