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David Rogerson
Producer, co-director
Natural born storyteller, street hustler, and self invented man…David does things HIS way, and this film is no different. All have opinions on Rogerson, be it for his firebrand skateboard companies, Shitbird Skates and Speedlab Wheels, his wild one man tattoo shop, Ace Tattoo, his music, or just his tongue in cheek caustic nature. Teaming up with veteran editor/director Steven Nemsick, Rogerson sets out to tell a fascinating tale. This particular piece involves Jason Jessee, with whom Rogerson had a long term correspondence before spending a couple of years at Automodown, Jason's hotrod shop in Watsonville, California. Rogerson was queried by Jessee one day as to why he was filming him. Rogerson simply replied, "Makin' a movie on ya, Jason". Enter Nemsick. A two year hellride, dozens of superb interviews, international travel, and months in Nemsick's editing bay all leave us with a painfully beautiful film.
shitbird@jasonjesseemovie.com
Steve Nemsick
Cinematographer, co-director
Steve Nemsick, also known as Nemi, has been an editor for the past eight years, working in Los Angeles, New York, and at home in San Francisco. After five years on the staff of Mad River Post in Los Angeles and San Francisco, where he worked on national commercials with A-list directors, Nemi went freelance to work on longer formats. Since then, he's edited short films, feature length documentaries, music and corporate videos, promos, commercials, and television. In 2003, Nemi was ready to move into production and work on his own documentaries. A loose lead brought him to a tattoo shop north of Berkeley where he met David Rogerson, who pitched him the idea of a documentary on skateboarder Jason Jessee. Fifteen minutes later, a handshake to shake the world was made, and production began shortly thereafter. "Even though this is our first film, I feel like we have an advantage. As an editor, I view our shoots based on how they'll play in the edit. I'm always thinking about the back end, while Dave's unabashed enthusiasm and natural street hustler skills carry the project through production. It's really not fair to everyone else. As long as we're true to our subject, the piece will be a hit. Jason's that interesting."
steve@jasonjesseemovie.com
The Crew Would Like to Thank
Jonathan Hay
Mark Frankel