About Me
Editor and Director from Orange County CA. I’m a former child actor who has acted in such things as Despicable Me, Falling Skies (TNT), a short film with Jane Lynch, and an infomercial with John Cleese.
I went on to study Dramatic Writing, History, and Producing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and double majored in History. I’ve worked on shows at ABC and Showtime, for the NBA archives, and Martin Scorsese.
Currently I am a documentary film MFA student at UCLA, where I’ve made films about an Iranian American Cowboy, a NASA Mars simulation, and the activist who overturned a famous theme park’s ban on same sex dancing. I am passionate about telling stories about Southern California queer and immigrant communities. My films have played in AmDocs, NASA Cinespace, and Seattle Internatioanal Film Festival, and the American Pavilion at Cannes.
My background in voice acting leads me to bring a larger than life flare to my filmmaking and editing. I have experience with candid smiling. ——————————>
Contact Me
jakobhr97@gmail.com