Jacob is a New York-based non-fiction filmmaker and archival producer, working across shorts, features, and interactive media.

 

His films have played at festivals including Hot Docs, SXSW, AFI, and Doc10, and published by Scientific American, New York Magazine, and New York Daily News. He has been a featured speaker and panelist at SXSW and NYU, and selected pitcher at Edinburgh Pitch, Ji.hlava New Visions Forum, and AIDC. His archival producing work spans museums to magazines, including a permanent exhibit at The Holocaust Center and frontpage articles in Tablet. His projects have received support from Field of Vision, Tribeca Institute, If/Then, Docs by the Sea, Amnesty International, Forensic Architecture, Doc Society, and thousands of donors.

 

He is a former Art & Impact Fellow, Full Frame Fellow, NYU Feature Development Studio Fellow, and a Senior Fellow at Humanity in Action. He holds a BFA in Film & Television from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and an MPA in Nonprofit Management, Advocacy & Political Action from NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Jacob is a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance and the Archival Producers Alliance. He resides on Lenape land and pays tribute to stewards past, present, and emerging.