Jack Fessenden

Jack Fessenden grew up on the sets of Glass Eye Pix productions, his father's indie-horror production company, and helping his mom in her stop-motion animation studio. Inspired by the creativity that surrounded him, Jack began to make little shorts with his friends at age seven. It was not until he was 13, however, that he started taking film more seriously as he began to write his first script, "Riding Shotgun". Less than a year later, the film premiered at the 2013 Woodstock Film Festival. 'Riding Shotgun' was followed by "All For One", "The Adults", and "Pranks", the latter two premiering at Woodstock as well. Jack's films have used different genres to explore the complications of friendship in the face of adversity. Jack spends a lot of his time in Upstate New York, the setting of many of his films, and where many of his collaborators reside. He finished his first feature "Stray Bullets" in April 2016 at age 16.Jack firmly believes it is essential to understand all aspects of the filmmaking process, which is why he writes, directs, edits, produces, composes, and acts in almost all of his movies. That being said, he looks forward to alleviating some of those responsibilities when he is older so he can focus on directing, his true passion. Most of all, Jack is very grateful to have been afforded the opportunity to make films at such a young age, and can only hope he is making the most of his good fortune. Show less «