Jesse as Frank in "Frank's Wild Years"

Sometimes working under the pseudonym, Johnny Wilde, Jesse has been making films for ten years. His last film before Blackout was Sex & Lies in 1998 which, except for a trailer, was destroyed in a flood later that same year. All of his early work, except for Frank's Wild Years was destroyed in that flood. Taking that as a cue, he took a break from film and began directing plays. These included Hamlet, and Look Back in Anger, for the New Haven Theater Company. During this time he was also taking photographs and painting pictures. He and Nic Watson had been following the Stuckism movement since 1999. With the permisssion of Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson, they formed the New Haven Stuckist Art Group in 2001. This led to the establishment in 2002 of the New Haven Stuckists Film Group.

Stacy Bloxsom and Johnny Wilde in Sex & Lies

Click to see Frank's Wild Years, written and directed by Jesse Richards

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