Illinoisan artist Will Jacobs is known for his performance in Denouement (2017), which won Best Actor in a Dramatic Short at the Illinois International Film Festival in 2018 (selected out of 600 submissions). He is a graduate of The Second City's Improv Program in Chicago.
Will's short film, Animal (2014), was accepted out of 400 submissions and screened at the Chicago International Film Festival's 11th Annual CineYouth Festival. Animal (2014) was also shown at the 2015 Short Screens film festival in Brussels. Both of Will's short films, After (2015) and Lesser of Two Evils (2014), aired on cable network WTVP's "The Screening Room" in 2016.
Will is also the founder of the independent film production company, Mourning Dove Films.
Unique traits: Painter and musician.
Will Spring Forgive?
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Film
Producer
Trees Are Angels
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Film
Producer
Denouement
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Film
(Short and Drama)
Producer A 1950s playwright battles his inner demons while putting on a theatrical production.
Less Than 30
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Film
by John Lerchen (Comedy and Romance)
Camera and Electrical Department, Miscellaneous Crew Alexa Cavender, pressured to find a relationship, takes an interesting approach by only dating those matched at less than 30%.
18 Years - Unamused Dave
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Video
Director, D.P., Editor
Our Town
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Theater
by Metamora Township High School
George Gibbs
Deep Sleep
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Film (short)
Lead Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Composer
Les Miserables
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Theater
by Metamora Township High School
ABC Cafe Student/Pimp/Convict
Beauty and the Beast
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Theater
by Metamora Township High School
Cogsworth
Strangers Outside
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Film (short)
Actor, Director, Writer, D.P., Editor, Composer
Lesser of Two Evils
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Film (short)
Director, Writer, D.P., Editor, Composer
Animal
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Film (short)
Director, Writer, D.P., Editor, Composer
12 Angry Men
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Theater
by Metamora Township High School
Juror #8
337
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Film (short)
Lead Actor, Director, Writer, Editor, Composer
The Other Way
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Film (short)
Director, Writer, D.P., Editor
Photographs
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Film (short)
Director, Writer, D.P., Editor
Music Man
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Theater
by Metamora Township High School
Charlie Cowell
After
Film (short)
Director, Writer, D.P., Editor, Composer
Metamora Township High School- Outstanding Performance In Fine Arts
(2015)
Illinois Central College
(2015-2019)
Metamora Township High School (Metamora, IL)
(2011-2015)