esse Heisel is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and director with a lifelong passion for horror cinema. Inspired from an early age by the iconic slasher villain Jason Voorhees, Heisel began pursuing filmmaking as a teenager and has since built a career creating independent genre films. Viewing filmmaking as more than a profession, he approaches cinema as a lifelong creative pursuit, bringing his love of horror and practical storytelling to every project he writes, directs, and appears in.