Jake Weisman(I)
- Production Department
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born on 7 August, 1987 to Jerry and Gigi Weisman, he lived in
middle-class suburbia. In elementary school, when Jake was 8, he
discovered stage acting and played the coveted "Mad Hatter" role in a
play called "The Capuachu Crisis." Every year after that he performed
in plays and got more and more recognition. In 1999 was his big
breakthrough. Jake answered an advertisement in the summer of 1999 to
be in an independent film. Jake went to the local college where he was
to audition and there he met 'Andrew Bowen' and landed a part in _Haven, The (1999)_ as
Bowen's character at a younger age. Jake filmed and thus began his true
career as an actor. He has been in 7 plays since 'The Haven', including
one of the leads in "This is a Test" and a character in the BHS revival
of "Me and My Girl." Aside from acting, Jake Weisman has been very
interested in film as a whole. After seeing _Clerks (1994)_ and delving into
Kevin Smith's "View Askewniverse", Weisman decided that Independent film
was the way to go, all the way. He began writing and watching more and
more films. His inspiration for film and writing in general is Smith,
Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson and Quentin Tarantino. Jake currently resides in his home town
of Burlington, VT and attends Burlington High School.
