Jakob Bokulich
- Actor
- Art Department
- Director
An internationally exhibited artist since the age of eighteen, Jakob
Bokulich is becoming increasingly known as an actor, writer, and
director. His critically acclaimed film debut,
Hysteria (2002) with
Antero Alli was loosely based on his
experiences in Croatia during its war with Yugoslavia in the nineties.
He delivered a notable performance in San Francisco's gem
Mission Movie (2004) by
Lise Swenson, and has gone on to establish
himself as a triple-threat with "Happy Trees," an art-film parody which
has shown primarily in galleries, and
Entangled (2007).
Bokulich is one of eight children, spending his childhood at the parents' gas-station in Santa Cruz, the city that was inspiration and location of Génération perdue (1987). At the age of seventeen he moved to Europe, where he found remarkable success as a painter, showing in galleries in Paris, Split (Croatia), San Francisco, and other cities.
Returning to California, he became active in the arts community of Oakland and San Francisco, curating a gallery, writing for the Artship Dance/Theater Co. with Slobodan Dan Paich, and participating in intensive workshops with Antero Alli, derived from the theatrical methods of Jerzy Grotowsky (documented in Orphans of Delirium (2004)).
Bokulich trained at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, whose alumni include Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Bratt, Elizabeth Banks, Danny Glover, and many others He is also a skilled boxer and Capoerista. In 2005, Bokulich moved to Los Angeles, where he works as an actor and filmmaker.
Bokulich is one of eight children, spending his childhood at the parents' gas-station in Santa Cruz, the city that was inspiration and location of Génération perdue (1987). At the age of seventeen he moved to Europe, where he found remarkable success as a painter, showing in galleries in Paris, Split (Croatia), San Francisco, and other cities.
Returning to California, he became active in the arts community of Oakland and San Francisco, curating a gallery, writing for the Artship Dance/Theater Co. with Slobodan Dan Paich, and participating in intensive workshops with Antero Alli, derived from the theatrical methods of Jerzy Grotowsky (documented in Orphans of Delirium (2004)).
Bokulich trained at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, whose alumni include Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Bratt, Elizabeth Banks, Danny Glover, and many others He is also a skilled boxer and Capoerista. In 2005, Bokulich moved to Los Angeles, where he works as an actor and filmmaker.
