
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.
2025Marriage CopsMovieEditor
2024Nina is an AthleteMovieConsulting Editor
2023American Pot Story: OaksterdamMovieEditorial Consultant
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2021Almost an IslandMovieEditor
2020Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western OperaMovieEditor
2016The Bad KidsMovieEditor
2013School's Out: Lessons from a Forest KindergartenMovieEditor
2012Precious KnowledgeMovieEditor
2010Con ArtistMovieEditor
2002Jimmy Scott: If You Only KnewMovieEditor
2002Lost in La ManchaMovieEditor
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