Biography

As a graduate of the University of Virginia, a producer, and assistant director member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Jack's production experience encompasses feature film, television, documentaries, industrials, web-based media, film festival management, corporate training, industry education, and commercial shoots for Fortune 50 clients like Google, VISA, Lockheed Martin and Mercedes Benz. His feature film credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Planet of the Apes, Terminator 3, Serenity and The Last Samurai.

Jack began his film career as the first Operations Director for the Virginia Film Festival in 1989. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1994 and went to work for the DGA Special Projects Department, producing the Guild's first website. Jack completed the DGA Assistant Director Training Program in 1998 and went on to share the 2001 DGA Award for Dramatic Series Night with the directorial team on the pilot episode of HBO's Six Feet Under. He also received an honorable mention from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his contributions as Visual Effects Unit First Assistant Director on the multiple-Emmy Award-winning John Adams mini-series for HBO in 2007.

Jack's producer credits include the feature films The Machinery of Dreams, which won the Audience Award at the 2021 Virginia Film Festival and Faux Paws, which won Best Feature and Best Actor at the Famous Monster Silver Scream Festival in 2016. He also produced the music documentary Live from the Hook, and the pilot for Time Machine Guitar, an episodic children's series for PBS' Chicago affiliate.

In addition to his active freelance standing, Jack is employed as a Corporate Communications specialist for State Farm Mutual Insurance Companies and resides in Keswick, Virginia.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jack Steinberg