Early Life
Jesse Richards was born in New Haven. He had an ambition to be a forest ranger during his teens, which was also the time he started to make films. He studied film production at the School of Visual Arts, New York, which he left after a nervous breakdown. He directed plays including "Hamlet" and "Look Back In Anger" for the New Haven Theatre Company, and made short romance and punk films.
In 1999, Richards was arrested for reckless burning, destruction of property and disorderly conduct. After the charges were dropped, he began painting.
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