Evan Jacobs

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Evan Jacobs
Jacobs in Los Angeles
Born (1968-10-24) October 24, 1968 (age 55)
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationCreative Finishing Supervisor
SpouseClara Jacobs
Websiteevanjacobs.com

Evan Jacobs (born 1964 in

What the #$*! Do We Know?!,[2] and Resident Evil: Extinction.[3]

Jacobs served as the 3D stereoscopic supervisor on Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier as well as Conan the Barbarian 3D for Lionsgate.[4]

Jacobs was born in Michigan and moved to California in the early 1970s with his family. His father, Dan Jacobs, is a noted jazz musician. He made short films with a camera he received as a gift, and later studied acting and directing at South Coast Repertory and Milton Katselas' Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Jacobs worked with Boss Film Studios, Fantasy II Film Effects, then co-founded Vision Crew Unlimited in 1994. After the company went bankrupt, he worked independently, spent two years at Digital Domain, then went to Mr X Inc. in Toronto in 2005.[5] In 2007 Jacobs supervised visual effects for Resident Evil: Extinction and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Jacobs was recognized for his work on Ben 10: Race Against Time and Ben 10: Alien Swarm[6] both of which were nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects by the Visual Effects Society.[7]

In 2010, Jacobs was nominated for the

Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for his work on Ben 10: Alien Swarm.[8] Previously, in 1998, Jacobs was also nominated for HBO's From the Earth to the Moon
.

Jacobs is an active member of the

University of California Los Angeles
(UCLA) for three years.

Jacobs is also a fine art still photographer. His photography has been featured in galleries and major publications as well as the book “Vesage” from

Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, California.[11] He has also directed short films.[12]

Evan Jacobs married Script Supervisor and Assistant Director, Clara Gheorghiu on March 22, 2008 in Napa Valley, California.[13] They have two children together.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Sammon, Paul (March 1995), "Wood Works", Cinefex, no. 61, p. 109
  2. ^ Cinefex Weekly Update | Issue 40 | 10.19.2004 Archived August 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Fordham, Joe (October 2007), Cinefex, no. 111 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Kodak InCamera Magazine Jan 2011
  5. ^ "fxguide - visual effects blog - Mr. X Expands Studio Space, VFX Team". Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  6. ^ "FXGuide.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  7. ^ fxguide quick takes » Visual Effects Society announces nominees for 6th annual VES Awards
  8. ^ Emmy Awards Site.
  9. ^ ACADEMY INVITES 271 TO MEMBERSHIP
  10. ISBN 1-921002-07-7
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  11. ^ FXGuide.com Jeff Heusser 10/8/2008
  12. ^ FilmThreat.com review of Off the Wall
  13. ^ "Clara Gheorghiu and Evan Jacobs". Variety. June 26, 2008.

External links

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