Jesse Moss is the founder of Mile End Films (www.mileendfilms.com), a New York based production company. Most recently, he produced and directed "Full Battle Rattle," about life inside the US Army's Iraq simulation in California's Mojave Desert. The film premiered at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, won the Special Jury Prize at the SXSW Film Festival, and premiered theatrically at New York's Film Forum, before airing on the National Geographic Channel.

His other films include "Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story", which garnered numerous festival awards, critical raves and aired on PBS's acclaimed POV series. His first documentary, "Con Man," about an Ivy League impostor, aired on HBO/Cinemax. He also produced "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe," a documentary about the famous radical lawyer, directed by Sarah and Emily Kunstler. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and will be released theatrically by Arthouse Films this Fall. In addition to his independent work, he has produced documentaries for AMC, Tru TV, A&E, IFC and TCM.

A fictional adaptation of his documentary "Con Man" is in development at Paul Giamatti's production company Touchy Feely Films. He is currently producing a series of short films for the Department of Veterans Affairs on a new cognitive therapy designed to help Iraqi war vets. Since founding Mile End Films in 1999, he has also produced public health media projects on subjects as diverse as STD prevention and bullying for the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health.

Prior to establishing his own production company, Moss worked as a producer for Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple and a speechwriter on Capitol Hill. He has been a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2003. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.

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