Jacob hails from Sudbury, MA. He went to NYU for Film and Television Production and graduated in 2012 with a B.F.A. in Film and TV Production. Jacob's thesis film, The Pale of Settlement, won numerous awards in international film festivals and nabbed an online distribution deal. While at NYU, he co-founded the production company Whiteboard Pictures, making commercials and branded content for companies such as GE, LG, Sundance, Scholastic, Shutterstock and more. He has sold an online DocuSeries “Cyborg Nation”to Wired online and is currently in production on an upcoming Comedy series called “Ryde”.