Jim Jacobi

Covers and gives detailed notes on prospective pilot and feature film scripts, both submitted and spec. Submitted scripts come from 20th Century Fox Comedy Development, WME, BBC Studios, and Curtis Brown Talent Agency. Assists Executive Producer/Director Christine Gernon in all aspects of production on seasons two and three of Speechless (ABC) and The Greatest American Hero (ABC pilot), including: discussing casting prospects, unofficially shadowing C. Gernon as director on different episodes, and formulating story and character notes on all episodes’ work-in-progress cuts in post-production. Attends and takes notes on studio and network calls for multiple pilot projects, with each in varied stages of development, as well as coordinates C. Gernon’s schedule year-round.

I was the Writers' PA for the entirety of pre-production on this show, before accepting the offer to work in my current role.

Heavily involved throughout the film’s development, pre-production, principal photography and post-production (dir. Matthew Currie Holmes, starring Pablo Schreiber, Sosie Bacon, and Rick Springfield)

Managed digital media production for the film school’s LMU YouTube channel, which hosts an array of content, including: promos for LMU and organizations partnered with LMU, event coverage, and short form documentaries.

Supervised the run-of-show and managed a production staff of approximately twenty personnel. The series was hosted by Stephen Galloway, and each episode featured talent with an extremely high profile (Clint Eastwood, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Judd Apatow, David O. Russell, among others)