Jesse Noah Klein

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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

  1. 1 2 3 Charles-Henri Ramond, "Shadowboxing – Film de Jesse Klein". Films du Québec, February 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ "We’re Still Together – Film de Jesse Noah Klein". Films du Québec, September 19, 2017.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ "Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes et Le problème d'infiltration: 10 nominations chacun". Canadian Press, April 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kim's Convenience wins two ACTRAs". Calgary Herald , February 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Callum McLennan, "‘Best Boy’: Jesse Noah Klein Skewers the Patriarchal Nuclear Family in Jet-Black Québec Comedy Thriller". Variety , August 16, 2025.
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