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]