Jess Marley

Jess was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. He attended college in Sarasota, Florida and received a BFA in Computer Animation at Ringling College of Art and Design. Moving to southern California after graduation, he began his career at a small graphics boutique, GreenhausGFX in Culver City as a 3D generalist. After a few years of freelancing at various studios around LA, he partnered with Tree Media in creating graphics for a variety of climate change shorts and documentaries, the most recent being HBO’s “Ice on Fire”. In the spring of 2016, he joined Halon as a Previs artist working on titles such as Ride Along 2, War for the Planet of the Apes, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Logan, and The Call of the Wild before taking on a more specialized role as a Supervisor in Halon’s Virtual Art Department. He has worked on titles such as Red Notice, The Batman, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, as well as projects for ESPN, MSG's The Sphere, Coachella, and MrBeast. He currently resides in Playa Del Rey with his wife Jennie and sons Cooper and Owen.