Background
Chesse was born and raised in the San Francisco area, and received a bachelor"s degree in English literature from San Francisco State University.
Chesse was born and raised in the San Francisco area, and received a bachelor"s degree in English literature from San Francisco State University.
San Francisco State University.
Chesse has edited most of the films directed by Marc Forster, including the recent James Bond film. After college he was invited to relocate to Los Angeles to assist Peter Kagan, a director of commercials, at Stiefel and Company He next worked as an assistant to Angus Wall, an editor at the commercial editorial shop Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Chesse became an editor under the tutelage of David Lee and Lauren Zuckerman.
His first project with Marc Forster was on the film, which led to their collaboration on the very successful film Monster"s Ball (2001).