Jesse Ewles

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Jesse Ewles (Yules)
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Canadian Filmmaker Jesse Yules (Ewles) 2013
Born (1981-12-13) December 13, 1981 (age 41)
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater Sheridan College
Occupation(s)Music video director, producer
Years active2007–present

Jesse Ewles (aka Jesse Yules; born December 13, 1981) is a Canadian independent filmmaker based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ewles has adopted the alternate spelling "Yules", for use on his feature film projects.

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Ewles has directed music videos for the bands Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal and Owen Pallett. [1] In January 2010, he completed his first short film for Bravo! TV entitled Kingdom of Frogs. [2] His main influences include Charlie Kaufman, Jan Švankmajer, Julian Schnabel, and William Blake as well as Public Broadcasting animations from the 1970s produced by the CBC and PBS. [3] Fables are a common theme in his work. On December 22, 2008, he was recognized by the web blog (videos.antville.org) as the best unsigned director of 2008. [4] In November 2012, Yules finished writing his first feature screenplay under the working title SOMA. It tells the story of a homeless drug dealer who gets unwanted fame from the internet. [5] The film was later retitled Impostor Syndrome . Principal photography was completed in October 2016. In October 2020, Yules began work on a film about the effect conspiracy theories are having on romantic relationships. The working title is Miriam.

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