Jesse Noah Klein
Jesse Noah Klein is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec, whose debut feature film Shadowboxing was released in 2011.[1]
He is a graduate of Concordia University.[1] Shadowboxing was screened at the 2011 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, but saw little further distribution beyond small independent film festivals.[1]
He saw greater success with his second film, We're Still Together, which premiered at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2016,[2] before going into commercial release in 2017.[3] He wrote the film in part as a vehicle for his brother, actor Joey Klein, out of a belief that Joey had not yet succeeded in landing a role that showed off his talent;[3] Joey Klein and co-star Jesse Camacho both received Prix Iris nominations for Best Actor at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards,[4] and both won Best Actor awards from different regional chapters of the ACTRA Awards program.[5]
He followed up with the films Like a House on Fire in 2021,[6] and Best Boy in 2025.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Charles-Henri Ramond, "Shadowboxing – Film de Jesse Klein". Films du Québec, February 27, 2011.
- ^ "We’re Still Together – Film de Jesse Noah Klein". Films du Québec, September 19, 2017.
- ^ a b T'Cha Dunlevy, "We're Still Together A No-Budget Gem; Montrealer's first professional feature wins positive reviews at film festival". Montreal Gazette, September 29, 2017.
- ^ "Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes et Le problème d'infiltration: 10 nominations chacun". Canadian Press, April 10, 2018.
- ^ "Kim's Convenience wins two ACTRAs". Calgary Herald, February 28, 2017.
- ^ Gabriel Sigler, "Like a House on Fire: Montreal filmmaker Jesse Noah Klein on his moving new drama starring Veep’s Sarah Sutherland". Bad Feeling, March 25, 2021.
- ^ Callum McLennan, "‘Best Boy’: Jesse Noah Klein Skewers the Patriarchal Nuclear Family in Jet-Black Québec Comedy Thriller". Variety, August 16, 2025.