Jakob's eye for great casting, subtle humour and cinematic moods secured him a place at the world's leading film school - UK's National Film & Television School - as the youngest directing student ever. As a commercials director he has been featured in Shots Magazine, as well as being nominated for the Young Director Award in Cannes. His award winning short films have screened at leading festivals including Cannes Cinéfondation, South By Southwest and Aspen. His short "Nothing Ever Really Ends" was given a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere. His new short "Apocalypse Norway" about a pandemic premiers at Nowness in the middle of this corona chaos.