Life in Text.

Short / Drama

A brokenhearted 20-something relives a lost relationship as he explores the physical space created by his ex-girlfriend's text messages. Starring Tyler Ritter ("The McCarthy's", "Arrow") and Alexandra Daddario ("True Detective, Baywatch).

*Featured on Yahoo!, Slash Film, Bustle, Just Jared, Complex, and Film School Rejects.

Written and Directed by // Laurence & Jessica Jacobs
Starring // Tyler Ritter & Alexandra Daddario
Producers // Cat Wolf, Jessica and Laurence Jacobs
Cinematography // Nico Navia
Score // Blake Collins & Julian Javor
Visual Effects // Jason Rico
Sound Design // Anne Tolkkinen
Editing  // Laurence Jacobs
Script Supervisor // Michael Bina
Assistant Director // Marshall Rainey
Gaffers // Bennett Cerf & Danielle Nowitz
Production Sound // Zachary Weil
Visual Effects Consultant // Jeremy Fisher
Assistant Camera // L-Marie Anderson & Jasmine Chiong
Grip // Daniel Kaumpungan & Vincent Valentin
Transportation Coordinator // Debra Jacobs
Production Assistant // Lucas Lerman & MaKenzie Schepman
 

Directing Reel

Short / Compilation

A visual compilation of my narrative, documentary, and commercial work.

Shazam Spec Commercial

Short / Commercial

A 20-something girl (Alexandra Daddario) plays music in her apartment only to have her next door neighbor (Dan Amerman) "Shazam" her songs and play them through his speakers. 

Password: shazam

Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Produced by // Michael Bina and Laurence Jacobs
Assistant Director // Jessica Jacobs
Cinematographer // Axel Lanzenberg
Production Designer // Susannah Honey
Editor + Sound Designer // Laurence Jacobs
Colorist // Laura Jansen
1st A.C. // Matthew Ryckman
Gaffer // Matt Bowman
Sound Mixer // Cameron Mosebrook
Production Assistant // Kyle Chords

Andrew Bird: Live from the Great Room

Short / Acoustic Show

A live performance with musicians Andrew Bird and Matt Berninger (The National) singing "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed.

*Featured on Pitchfork, NPR, Spin, RollingStone, Paste, and Consequence of Sound

Produced and Shot by // Laurence Jacobs
Shot and Edited by // Gray Bashew
Label // Loma Vista Recordings

Andrew Bird: Carnegie Hall Trailer

Promo / Trailer

A video trailer to promote Andrew's show at Carnegie Hall in December 2016.

Editing // Laurence Jacobs
Label // Loma Vista Recordings

A Cure for the Mad

Short / Drama

In a dinky New York apartment, a jittery, heavily medicated 20-something desperately waits for his sister to bring home his medication.

Password: madness

 

Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Starring // Matthew Thurm
Cinematography // Jake Sawyer & Laurence Jacobs
Film Editing // Laurence Jacobs
Assistant Director // Catrin Hedstrum

O.A.R. - "I Go Through" (Official Music Video

Short / Music Video

A nostalgic time capsule of archive footage to commemorate O.A.R.'s 20th Anniversary album XX.

*Broadcast premiere on CMT

Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Edited by // Patrick Murray
Cinematography by // Peter Harding
Label // Vanguard Records

Sh*t Juicers Say

Short / Comedy

A digital short starring Erin Foster (E!'s "Barely Famous") where she mocks the juice culture in LA.

*Featured by The LA Times, Pop Sugar, and Glamour

Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Writing // Hayden Slayter & Erin Foster
Cinematography // Nico Navia
Editing // Laurence Jacobs
Production Assistant // Brett Takeshita
Client // Pressed Juicery

Introducing The Marcus King Band

Short / Documentary

A short profile on The Marcus King Band, a southern rock, psychedelic-soul band led by 20 year-old guitar prodigy and singer/songwriter Marcus King. Produced by Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule). 

*Featured on The Washington Post

Produced by // Laurence Jacobs
Edited by // Patrick Murray
Label // Fantasy Records

Ice Breakers Spec Commercial

Short / Commercial

Toward the end of a date, a flirtatious exchange soon becomes the worst possible car malfunction of all time. Starring Alexandra Daddario ("True Detective", Baywatch) & Dan Amerman ("Arrested Development".)

*Featured on Just Jared

Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Producer // Jessica and Laurence Jacobs
Cinematography // Nico Navia
Editor // Joseph Ettinger
Production Sound // Marcos Butron Jr.
Sound Designer // Erik Groysman
1st AD // Brett Takeshita
Gaffer // Bennet Cerf
1st AC // Jeremy Zelikovic
Script Supervisor // Matt Ryckman
Colorist // Laura Jansen
Production Assistant // Emily Finkelstein
Special Thanks // The Benjamin & Jacobs Family, Shelley Eisinger Stark, Graham Wilson, and Ally Pennebaker
 

Jazz Dispensary: Holiday Treats

Short / Comedy

A promo video for Concord's holiday edition of Jazz Dispensary, a compilation of funk, soul, and acid jazz tunes.

Directed, Shot, Edited, and Art Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Color Grading by // Patrick Murray
Special Thanks // Ryan Wilson and Sophie Smith
Label // Concord Music Group

Esperanza Spalding - "Unconditional Love" (Live Performance)

A live, extended performance of "Unconditional Love" by GRAMMY-award winning artist Esperanza's Spalding.

Directed by // Zaiba Jabar
Edited by //  Laurence Jacobs
Production Company // Partizan

 

The Scribe (Trailer)

Short / Drama

A college dropout-turned-professional essay writer assumes the impossible task of writing a thesis paper in one weekend and, along the way, discovers that he no longer wants to perfect others' lives while neglecting his own.

*Winner of the Best Actor award at NYU's First Run Film Festival

Directed by // Laurence Jacobs
Starring // Dean Collins, Mari Crawford, Julian Brand, and Hiroko Koga
Writers // Kaitlin Cunniff, Laurence Jacobs, and Zack Marotta
Producers // Stuart Ruston & Laurence Jacobs
Assistant Director // Jake Sawyer
Cinematography // Oliver Lanzenberg
Music // Blake Collins
Editing // Laurence Jacobs
Production Design // Heather Martini + Travis Rex
Sound Design // Matt Tenero
Gaffer // Tighe Kellner
Assistant Camera // Sebastian Slayter, Rosie Duke, and Freddy Meyer
Script Supervisor // Zack Marotta
Additional Camera // Axel Lanzenberg
Production Sound // Devin Ershow, Lisa Maria Hall, Ria Hill, and Jake Sawyer
Makeup // Francisco D. Catedral
Storyboard Artist // Geoff Keoug
Production Assistants // Edgar Chakarian, Michael Bina, Lucas Lerman, and Gabe Miller

Melissa Etheridge - MEmphis Rock and Soul

EPK / Music

A short profile on Melissa Etheridge's 2016 album MEmphis Rock and Soul, a tribute to the legendary Stax artists of the 1950s-1970s.

*Featured on RollingStone

Directed by: Laurence Jacobs
Edited by: Will Knapp
Label: Stax Records

Universal

Short / Documentary

A PSA about the universality between people. Featuring children from Maud Booth pre-school and staff from Pathways to Home, a veteran homeless shelter in east Los Angeles.

Directed, shot, and edited by // Laurence Jacobs
Written by // Jeffrey Courion
Music by // Danielle Merlis
Client // Volunteers of America

Life in Text: Pitch Video

Short / Comedy

A pitch video featured on my IndieGogo fundraiser campaign for my 2013 short film Life in Text.

Directors+Producers // Jessica Jacobs and Laurence Jacobs
Cinematography // Axel Lanzenberg
Editing // Laurence Jacobs
Production Sound // Jeff Boone
Storyboards // Jason Hall
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