Connor Jessup

Connor Jessup

Nascimento : 1994-06-23, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

História

Connor Jessup was born in Toronto, Canada. An actor since the age of eleven, he is best known for his role as Ben Mason in TNT's sci-fi series Falling Skies (2011) and as Taylor Blaine in the ABC drama American Crime (2015). Other notable roles include an early stint on the Discovery Kids series The Saddle Club (2001), and acclaimed lead performances in Blackbird (2012) and Closet Monster (2015). Jessup is also active behind the camera, having written and directed several shorts - most recently the ghost drama Boy (2015) - and acted as executive producer on the micro-budget film Amy George (2011).

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Filmes

The Archivists
Producer
After uncovering a degraded vinyl album in an abandoned home, three musicians attempt to reimagine one of its songs.
Night Flight
Editor
A pilot navigates a storm. Inspired by the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Night Flight
Director
A pilot navigates a storm. Inspired by the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
(uncredited)
Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have witnessed as a child.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Editor
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Producer
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
Estranho Mas Verdade
Ronnie Chase
Uma mulher surpreende a família do namorado falecido, dizendo que está grávida do filho dele.
Mentira Nada Inocente
Owen
Katie Arneson está fingindo câncer. Formada em dança na universidade, o diagnóstico falsificado de Katie e a arrecadação de fundos falsificados a transformaram em uma celebridade do campus, cercada pela comunidade solidária com a qual sempre sonhou: um grupo unido de amigos, segurança em suas atividades acadêmicas e um relacionamento carinhoso com a namorada. Dependendo de uma bolsa para estudantes doentes manterem seu ardil, Katie descobre que o financiamento está em risco, a menos que ela possa fornecer cópias de seus registros médicos dentro de uma semana.
The Constant
Editor
A lonely boy dreams after school.
The Constant
Director
A lonely boy dreams after school.
A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director
Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who explores the slippery nature of time and consciousness with a sublimely idiosyncratic, often surreal approach to film form.
A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Himself
Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who explores the slippery nature of time and consciousness with a sublimely idiosyncratic, often surreal approach to film form.
Lira's Forest
Producer
As the end of her life approaches, an old woman encounters a strange spirit from a nearby forest.
Lira's Forest
Editor
As the end of her life approaches, an old woman encounters a strange spirit from a nearby forest.
Lira's Forest
Writer
As the end of her life approaches, an old woman encounters a strange spirit from a nearby forest.
Lira's Forest
Director
As the end of her life approaches, an old woman encounters a strange spirit from a nearby forest.
Oscar & Wilder: Amor Improvável
Oscar Madly (18)
Oscar é um adolescente emocionalmente instável e traumatizado, porém muito criativo que deseja fugir das memórias de sua infância complicada e dolorosa. Certo dia, algo extraordinário muda sua vida por completo e o ajuda a descobrir sua identidade.
Fragments
Alex
Chloe, a straight talking film director, tries to convince her friend Sam to be an actor in her next short film. Just after finding out that he once again didn’t get into medical school, Sam meets Alex, a hypochondriac 18 year old. A love triangle forms in these self-reflexive, humoristic fragments filled with sex talk , set in New Orleans.
Crazyhouse
Beckett
After the suicide of his best friend, a teenage boy is forced to deal with his guilt and sexuality.
Boy
Producer
The ghost of a young boy explores the world on the day of his death.
Boy
Screenplay
The ghost of a young boy explores the world on the day of his death.
Boy
Director
The ghost of a young boy explores the world on the day of his death.
What Doesn't Kill You
After dying in a horrific car crash, two bullied teens reappear completely healed and must decide the fate of their paralyzed friend.
Little Coffins
Producer
Two lonely people with a shared past - a wanderer and a waitress - meet again in a rural diner. As the nature of their relationship quietly reveals itself, the little details of their lives and memories intertwine.
Little Coffins
Writer
Two lonely people with a shared past - a wanderer and a waitress - meet again in a rural diner. As the nature of their relationship quietly reveals itself, the little details of their lives and memories intertwine.
Little Coffins
Director
Two lonely people with a shared past - a wanderer and a waitress - meet again in a rural diner. As the nature of their relationship quietly reveals itself, the little details of their lives and memories intertwine.
Skating to New York
Casey Demas
The coming-of-age journey of 5 teenage boys who leave their small, Canadian town behind and risk skating across Lake Ontario to New York on the coldest day of the year.
Blackbird
Sean Randall
This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). Deanna's boyfriend is deeply threatened by Sean and Deanna's friendship, resulting in a violent confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean issues a death threat online - and is swiftly arrested. When the police raid Sean's home, they find rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition - all property of Sean's father Ricky (Michael Buie), an avid hunter. They also find a supposed "hit list" with twenty names of people who have tormented Sean. The authorities and the media proclaim another Columbine has been narrowly averted, and soon Sean faces a terrifying imprisonment in a youth detention facility. Sean's only hope is to overcome his dark image, and prove his innocence to Deanna and to his community.
Amy George
Executive Producer
Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist and believing that his mundane, middle-class life has left him unprepared, he sets out looking for wildness and women.