Personal life

Dylan was born in New York City, and is the eldest son of musician Bob Dylan and Sara Lownds Dylan. His siblings include Anna Lea (b July 11, 1967), Samuel Isaac Abraham (b July 30, 1968), and Jakob Luke (b December 9, 1969). In addition, his father adopted Sara's daughter from a prior marriage, Maria Lownds (b. October 21, 1961). Bob and Sara Dylan divorced when Jesse was 11 years old.

Dylan is married to Susan Traylor; they have two children.

Dylan attended New York University film school and began his career directing music videos for clients including Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Lita Ford, Public Image Limited, and Lenny Kravitz.

Wondros

Dylan founded Wondros, a full-service production company which specializes in translating complex business and prosocial ideas into simple media messages. Wondros clients are a mix of organizations, corporations, and individuals, including the Clinton Global Initiative, Desmond Tutu, Creative Commons, The Columbia School of Journalism, TED, the Ford Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard University, MIT Media Lab, Major League Baseball, Cameron Diaz, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

At Wondros, Dylan and the collective of storytellers focus on exploring and explaining innovative projects and people. A film for The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which explains the Large Hadron Collider, led to Fast Company naming Dylan one of the Most Creative People of 2010.

He has created media projects for a diverse group of organizations, including Bono’s non-profit ONE, the (RED) campaign fighting AIDS in Africa, the Council On Foreign Relations, The Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Project, and a short film exploring innovation at Harvard Medical School for the CATALYST project. Dylan is also an active member of TED (Technology Entertainment Design), where he has created materials and short films in support of TED Prize Winners.

Dylan’s work in music videos won him a 2012 MVPA Best Alternative Video Award for his music video “Lonely Boy,” by the Black Keys. Dylan also worked on the award-winning Ad Council campaign, “Your GED.”

"Yes We Can"

In 2008, he directed the will.i.am Emmy Award winning music video "Yes We Can," inspired by Barack Obama's campaign for president. The film was created in three days, and featured over 30 celebrity supporters singing then-Candidate Barack Obama’s New Hampshire Primary concession speech. Originally posted on YouTube, “Yes We Can” received over 26 million views just days after its release. In 2012, AdAge recognized “Yes We Can” as one of the most influential political ads of all time.

Other Work

His feature film directorial work consists of comedies such as Kicking and Screaming, starring Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall, and American Wedding. Other feature-length projects include the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, which explores the culture of gangs and systemic violence in South Los Angeles. He produced the film for director Stacy Peralta who premiered it at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Dylan also produced and directed an original television series, “CONversations with Ricky Jay,” which was built around sleight of hand artist Ricky Jay.

Lybba

In 2007, Dylan launched Lybba, a non-profit organization focused on the open source healthcare movement. The project, according to Fast Company, "combines the latest verified medical data with social networking to allow patients and health-care professionals to make informed decisions." The self-professed goal of the project: "to create an online central repository of medical information." Since their foundation, Lybba has worked with such partners as the Collaborative Chronic Care Network (C3N), And Early Development Systems Initiative (EDSI).

Affiliations

Dylan is a fellow at Science Commons and is a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Dylan is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and TED.

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