Jesse Nyander

Jesse Nyander moved to Fort Collins, CO from Joplin, MO following a massive tornado that crippled his hometown. He made his first feature film Justice in 2007 where he learned a lot about the filmmaking process. He has worked many up and coming Filmmakers in Colorado and Missouri to help bring their films to fruition. Working in the Multimedia market for 12 years, mastering graphic and digital design, he became passionate about film and breaking creative boundaries. With Encouragement from the community, Jesse, thorough his company Sudden Events started the Weekend Warriors Film Festival in 2016. In his free time, Jesse loves to create, mix, and master music with his hometown band Poltraghost. He also is an animator and digital artist allowing him to explore 360/VR immersive filmmaking. Grateful for the support in the NoCo film world, Jesse has gone out of his way to pay it forward to help raise the waters in the very active film community of Northern Colorado.