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Jesse Sweet

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Jesse Sweet is known for City of Joel (2018), This Emotional Life (2010) and Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012).
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      • 5 nominations

    Known for

    City of Joel (2018)
    City of Joel
    6.7
    • Producer
    • 2018
    This Emotional Life (2010)
    This Emotional Life
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
    Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney (2024)
    Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2024

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    Producer

    • Nature of the Crime
      • producer
      • Completed
      • 2024
    • Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney (2024)
      Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney
      6.6
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Unknown: Killer Robots (2023)
      Unknown: Killer Robots
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The Murders Before the Marathon (2022)
      The Murders Before the Marathon
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Surviving Death (2021)
      Surviving Death
      6.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • City of Joel (2018)
      City of Joel
      6.7
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Michael Kenneth Williams in Black Market with Michael K. Williams (2016)
      Black Market with Michael K. Williams
      8.1
      TV Series
      • senior story producer
      • field producer
      • 2016
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
      Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • consulting producer
      • contributing producer
      • 2012–2016
    • Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
      Years of Living Dangerously
      8.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Future Files
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
      Nova ScienceNow
      8.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011–2012
    • America Revealed (2012)
      America Revealed
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2012
    • See Girl Run (2012)
      See Girl Run
      5.1
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Diana Reiss, Irene Pepperberg, Roger Hanlon, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, Jean Berko Gleason, Dallas K. Schittler Jr., John W. Pilly, Arlene Lewin, Anna Schwartz, Mark Hall, Teri Bolton, Clive D.L. Wynne, Carol Sokalski, Stan Kuczaj, Kathleen Lance, Kathie Hahn, and Doug Hamilton in Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals? (2011)
      Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals?
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011
    • This Emotional Life (2010)
      This Emotional Life
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2010
    • African American Lives (2006)
      African American Lives
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2006–2008

    Director

    • Nature of the Crime
      • Director
      • Completed
      • 2024
    • Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney (2024)
      Family Secrets: The Disappearance of Alissa Turney
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Unknown: Killer Robots (2023)
      Unknown: Killer Robots
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2023
    • The Murders Before the Marathon (2022)
      The Murders Before the Marathon
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • The Murders Before the Marathon (2022)
      The Murders Before the Marathon
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Mission Possible
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Surviving Death (2021)
      Surviving Death
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • The Business of Drugs (2020)
      The Business of Drugs
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • City of Joel (2018)
      City of Joel
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Enhanced (2018)
      Enhanced
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Death Row Stories (2014)
      Death Row Stories
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Anthony Bourdain in Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
      Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
      Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2016
    • America Revealed (2012)
      America Revealed
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • African American Lives (2006)
      African American Lives
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006–2008

    Writer

    • Evil by Design: Exposing Peter Nygård (2022)
      Evil by Design: Exposing Peter Nygård
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • story consultant
      • 2022
    • Future Files
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
      Nova ScienceNow
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2011–2012
    • Diana Reiss, Irene Pepperberg, Roger Hanlon, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, Jean Berko Gleason, Dallas K. Schittler Jr., John W. Pilly, Arlene Lewin, Anna Schwartz, Mark Hall, Teri Bolton, Clive D.L. Wynne, Carol Sokalski, Stan Kuczaj, Kathleen Lance, Kathie Hahn, and Doug Hamilton in Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals? (2011)
      Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals?
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • This Emotional Life (2010)
      This Emotional Life
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • The American Brew
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2007

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