- Born
- Birth nameJacob Elias Cooney
- An award-winning filmmaker, Jacob most recently directed the feature films "Drowning in Secrets" for MarVista Entertainment/Lifetime, "The Junkyard Dogs" for Verdi Productions/VMI, "Merry Ex-Mas" for Verdi Prouductions/VMI, and the short film "Crystal Ball" for Uncork'd Entertainment's newest horror anthology "Tales from the Other Side".
Previous directing credits include the feature films "Pitching Tents" for Meritage Pictures (released theatrically in 2017); "Blood Circus" for Gravitas Ventures; "The Assault" for Grindstone Entertainment/Lionsgate; "Alpha House" for Broken Films; "Fierce Friend" for Wonder Entertainment; television pilots "Harries Way" for Lawrence/Long Productions and "Rehab for Rejects" for Sledgehammer Films; and short films "The Frolic" (Cannes Film Festival selection), "Rocco", "Bedlam", and "The War of Game".
Jacob's films have garnered much praise and have been official selections in film festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, LA International Film Festival, Ain't It Cool News - Saturday Shorts, Shriekfest, Dead by Dawn, Dances with Films, World Horror Convention, FantasyCon, Eerie Horror Fest, Beverly Hills Film Festival, Dreadit Film Fest, Fear Fete Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Festival and many others.
Writing credits include the films "The Book of Alan" for Pantheon Entertainment; "The Banishing" for Haven Entertainment; "Isle of the Dead" for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; "Secrets by the Shore" for MarVista Entertainment/Lifetime; "The Junkyard Dogs" for Verdi Productions; "Titanic 666" for Tubi; "Apocalypse Pompeii", "Age of Tomorrow", "Flight 42, "Flight 666" and "Bitten" for the SyFy Channel; "Blue Line" for Lionsgate Entertainment; "Alpha House" for Broken Films; "Want" for State Street Pictures; "Illuminating Preston" for Zeeworks Entertainment; and the television pilot "The Lakes" for Lionsgate Television.
Producing credits include "Alarmed" for Tubi, "Secrets at the Museum" and "Deadly Destination" for Lifetime, "SantaMan" for Gravitas Ventures, and "You are my Home" for Netflix.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous (2017)
- His short film, The War of Game, was the winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2008 Gangrene Film Festival of Comedy Shorts (September 5, 2008).
- His pilot for the television series "Rehab for Rejects" won the Gold Award for Best Television Pilot at the California Film Festival (2011).
- His pilot for the television series "Rehab for Rejects" won the award for Best Television Pilot at the Las Vegas Film Festival (2011).
- His short film "Rocco" won 2nd place in the Film This/Dreadit Horror Short Film Contest (2013).
- His film "Pitching Tents" won Best Film at the Cannabus Culture Film Festival (2018).
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