Biography
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Oren Jacoby is a director and producer of documentary films, including Constantine's Sword (2008), "Sister Rose's Passion" (2005), The Shakespeare Sessions (2003), Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries (2002), The Beatles Revolution (2000), and Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself (1998). He was a co-producer of the PBS series The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (1998).
Jacoby was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for "Sister Rose's Passion" which also won Best Documentary Short Film at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. He has written, directed, and produced award-winning films for two decades. His filmmaking has been recognized by the American Film Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, ITVS, Britain’s Royal Television Society, and by AMPAS. His films have appeared on the BBC, HBO Cinemax, PBS, National Geographic, VH-1, NHK (Japan), as well as Nokia, Verizon, and Human Rights Watch websites.
“The Topdog Diaries” about t...