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Michael J. Jacobs

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Michael J. Jacobs is an award-winning film director, photographer, journalist, fine artist, US Navy combat cameraman and educator who has traveled to nearly 70 countries and all the continents. As a implementation committee member, his master design concept has been approved for the new Martin Luther King Memorial and multi-media theatre to be housed in the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum, of which, he was chair of the design committee.

During the course of Jacobs' 41 years as a professional photojournalist and news gatherer, he has earned respect from top marketing firms, entertainment industry executives and celebrities themselves. He quickly rose to the pinnacle of his profession as a world-renowned image-maker to the upper crust within the Hollywood celebrity establishment. Without mixing words, he has more than 20,000 contacts. They include numerous clients such as entertainment industry executives, actors, publicists and managers, politicians, the Royals, media, hi-tech experts, artists, developers, community leaders, financiers and bankers, religious and spiritual leaders, business' captains of industry, and the military.

In his directorial debut, Jacobs' feature film, "Crab Orchard," it took top honors as Best Film of the Festival (Director's Gold Award) at the International Family Film Festival. As an educator for the past 44 years, he has taught photography and art courses at various schools, colleges and universities both domestically and abroad, including six years at UCLA.
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    Known for

    Crab Orchard (2005)
    Crab Orchard
    5.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2005
    Destination Unknown
    • Director
      Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Jumeaux (1988)
      Jumeaux
      6.2
      • Camera and Electrical Department
      • 1988
      À bout de souffle, Made in USA (1983)
      À bout de souffle, Made in USA
      6.0
      • Camera and Electrical Department
      • 1983

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      Camera and Electrical Department



      • Robert Carradine, Ruby Handler, Amber Geneva, John E Seymore, and Rachel Amanda Bryant in Human Zoo (2020)
        Human Zoo
        2.0
        • still photographer
        • 2020
      • Crab Orchard (2005)
        Crab Orchard
        5.1
        • unit still photographer
        • 2005
      • 'Rumble Fish': The Percussion-Based Score (2005)
        'Rumble Fish': The Percussion-Based Score
        6.6
        Video
        • still photographer (as Michael Jacobs)
        • 2005
      • Taming the Wild West: The Legend of Jedediah Smith
        7.5
        TV Movie
        • special still photographer
        • 2005
      • Married in America (2003)
        Married in America
        7.8
        TV Movie
        • still photographer
        • 2003
      • Hungry Hearts (2002)
        Hungry Hearts
        6.5
        • still photographer
        • 2002
      • Tracey Ullman in Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001)
        Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines
        8.0
        TV Series
        • still photographer
        • 2002
      • Carrie Fisher in Conversations from the Edge with Carrie Fisher (2002)
        Conversations from the Edge with Carrie Fisher
        8.1
        TV Series
        • still photographer
        • 2002
      • Not Under My Roof (2001)
        Not Under My Roof
        7.3
        Video
        • still photographer
        • 2001
      • Mario Lopez and Scott Evans in Access Hollywood (1996)
        Access Hollywood
        3.2
        TV Series
        • special still photographer
        • 1996
      • Ai Wan in Knights and Warriors (1992)
        Knights and Warriors
        8.1
        TV Series
        • still photographer (1992)
        • 1992
      • Sex (1992)
        Sex
        8.1
        TV Series
        • still photographer
        • 1992–1993
      • 4 New-Yorkaises (1992)
        4 New-Yorkaises
        6.1
        • special unit photographer
        • 1992
      • Drew Barrymore and James Le Gros in Guncrazy (1992)
        Guncrazy
        5.5
        • special unit photographer
        • 1992
      • Alex McArthur in The Fifth Corner (1992)
        The Fifth Corner
        3.2
        TV Series
        • special still photographer
        • 1992

      Producer



      • Robert Carradine, Ruby Handler, Amber Geneva, John E Seymore, and Rachel Amanda Bryant in Human Zoo (2020)
        Human Zoo
        2.0
        • executive producer
        • 2020
      • Edgar's Journey (2008)
        Edgar's Journey
        Short
        • co-producer (as Michael Jacobs)
        • 2008
      • Crab Orchard (2005)
        Crab Orchard
        5.1
        • executive producer
        • 2005

      Director



      • Crab Orchard (2005)
        Crab Orchard
        5.1
        • Director (as Michael Jacques Jacobs)
        • 2005

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        • Michael Jacobs Photojournalism
      • Alternative names
        • Michael Jacques Jacobs
      • Born
        • London, England, UK
      • Other works
        Director of Miss Los Angeles Pageant for Miss America (2001)
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        As a US Navy photojournalist during the Vietnam War, Michael stood on the tarmac at Clark Air Base in the Philippines in March 1973 when the first ex-POWs returned from Hanoi. Next to the aircraft, he photographed Army Capt. Floyd Thompon, longest-held American POW, to Navy CDR Jim Stockdale and LCDR John McCain.
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        Steven Spielberg said that he wasn't worried about Michael "because you know more people than I do."

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