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 Alexandra Daddario ("True Detective", Baywatch) and Tyler Ritter ("The McCarthy's", "Arrow").

*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.

Andrew Bird & Matt Berninger - Live Performance

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

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

Steve Martin - "So Familiar" (Official Video)

Content / Music Video

Filmed at Mack Sennett, a 102 year-old studio in Silver Lake, this song was also featured in Steve Martin & Martin Short’s Netflix special, “An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life” (nominated for 4 EMMYS).

Directed, edited, and produced by: Laurence Jacobs
Cinematographer: Nico Navia
Additional Camera: Genéa Gaudet, Ryan Pawlak, Jake Sawyer
Production Design: Megan Sunzeri
Makeup Artist: Sussy Campos
Additional Editing and Color Grading: Patrick Murray
Concord + Rounder label: Josh Berman, Brooks Jones, Mark Copeland, Jason Yang, Ashley Moyer, Liza Levy, and Matt Miller
Special Thanks: Jesse Rogg and all the fine folks at Mack Sennett!

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

George Harrison & Ravi Shankar

Short / Documentary

A making-of piece on George Harrison and Ravi Shankar’s album “Chants of India”. This features never before seen interviews, in addition to footage that Harrison shot himself in the ‘90s.

*Premiered on RollingStone

Produced by Laurence Jacobs
Edited by Ryan Pawlak
Label / Craft Recordings and Harisongs

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

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: Artist Profile

Short / Documentary

A profile piece on LA artist Danielle Garza (a.k.a Ellierex), which captures her marble art process in creating the cover for Jazz Dispensary's Soul Diesel: Volume 2.

*Premiered on RecordStoreDay.com, Album reached #4 on Billboard’s jazz chart.

Directed, Shot, and Edited by: Laurence Jacobs
Produced by: Ryan Wilson
Additional Camera: Ryan Pawlak
Special Thanks: Zeiss Camera Lenses

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

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

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

Byrds co-founder salutes Tom Petty

A live performance featuring Chris Hillman (The Byrds) covering Tom Petty. Filmed at The Troubadour just weeks after his passing, Hillman's record Bidin' My Time was produced by Tom Petty and featured many of The Heartbreakers on the album.

*Featured on The LA Times.                                                     

Directed and shot by: Laurence Jacobs
Additional camera: Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi, Ryan Pawlak, and Jeremy Zelikovic
Edited by: Patrick Murray

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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