Jesse Murphy(IV)

Jesse co-founded Jesse James Films, an intellectual property driven production company in 2018. He was the former head of development under Marlon Wayans and Rick Alvarez's term deal at Universal Television, garnered a Daytime Emmy Award in 2017 and has been featured in Forbes as a Producer to Watch. He focuses on diversity driven stories that share new stylistic approaches while remaining commercially viable to a wide audience. His films have been acquired, developed and produced by companies such as Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Hulu and Peacock. Jesse began his career as an assistant at Paradigm Talent Agency and earned a degree in business marketing from Manhattan College.