Director
Jacob is an award-winning Tucson-based film editor, director, and producer. A member of the American Cinema Editors, he has edited over a dozen feature films, including the international theatrical hit LOST IN LA MANCHA, the New Yorker Films theatrical release CON ARTIST, the Independent Lens Audience Award Winner JIMMY SCOTT: IF YOU ONLY KNEW, and the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Prize winner THE BAD KIDS. His directing credits include PURE, which screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, and FINDING TATANKA, which premiered at the 2014 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's School of Theatre, Film & Television, where he teaches documentary filmmaking and editing, and is the author of Documentary Editing: Principles & Practice.
