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Jessie Deeter
Affiliation during program: Freelance Video
Country Focus: Sierra Leone

	Program: Fall 2003 jessiedeeter@sbcglobal.net

Jessie Deeter is a veteran documentary filmmaker and journalist. She was the Producer of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” She is currently co-producing “Revenge of the Electric Car,” and she recently co-produced “Tapped,” a feature documentary about bottled water that will debut in 2009.

Jessie produced, reported, directed and shot “No More War,” a 22-minute documentary that aired on PBS’ FRONTLINE/World in May 2005. Reviewed positively in the New York Times, “No More War” was submitted for a DuPont award by FRONTLINE. The hour-long version of that documentary, “Taking Guns from Boys,” aired on PBS’ KQED in February, 2007 and had its festival premiere in Milan, Italy. Jessie field-produced “Afghanistan: Hell of a Nation,” a 45- minute documentary on Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga that aired on PBS’ Wide Angle in September, 2004.

In 2003, Jessie traveled to five countries to field produce a documentary for the Asia Foundation’s 50th anniversary. Prior to that, Jessie worked as an associate producer for FRONTLINE/World and FRONTLINE’s “Modern Meat” and “Blackout” documentaries. Her half-hour documentary, “Some They Win,” on Mexican workers at the racetrack, screened in several festivals around the country. Jessie has a Masters of Journalism and International and Area Studies, Middle East focus, from UC Berkeley.

Stories
	· No More War
	· Determined U.N. faces steep challenge in pacifying Liberia
	· Keeping the Peace (Offsite Link)
	· Video: Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone

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