Jessy Terrero

Jessy Terrero is and American Dominican-born American film and music video director. Terrero shot his first student film on Super 8. After college, he landed an associate producer internship on the set of Darnell Martin’s I Like It Like That.

In 1996, he teamed up with his brother and formed T and T Casting, supervising extras casting for low-budget films.

His acting credits include appearances in Law & Order, The Sopranos and In Search of a Dream (Buscando un sueño).

Tererro’s film director credits include the short film The Clinic. His movie directorial debut Soul Plane 2004. In 2009 Brooklyn to Manhattan was in production.

Terrero is best known for directing music videos for an international clientele of famous artists including Jill Scott, Lionel Richie, Syleena Johnson, 50 Cent, Wisin y Yandel, Daddy Yankee, Maluma, Ludacris, Akon, Paulina Rubio, Enrique Iglesias, Sean Paul, aventura and many others. He is currently associated with Terrero Films and directs music videos and commercials along with five other music video directors including his brother Ulysses Terrero, Steven Oritt, Rich Newey, Ana Mastro and Dava.

Since 2000, Terrero’s name has become linked with hip hop and reggaeton for directing popular videos for critically acclaimed artists Wisin y Yandel, 50 Cent, G-Unit, Daddy Yankee and Don Omar. In 2009, Terrero directed Wisin y Yandel’s MTV VMA-nominated video Abusadora.

Terrero directed Freelancers, starring Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, and 50 Cent.

Terrero is slated to direct the film The Wild Cowboys an urban, crime drama based on the true life events of a notorious New York City gang of the 1980s.