Siskel/Jacobs Productions
| Industry | Motion pictures/Television |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Key people |
Jon Siskel Greg Jacobs |
| Website | www.siskeljacobs.com |
Siskel/Jacobs Productions is a Chicago, Illinois-based documentary and film-production company.
History
Siskel/Jacobs Productions was founded in 2005 by filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs. [1] Siskel is the nephew of film critic Gene Siskel.[2]
Works
The company produced the History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered on September 11, 2008[3] and became the second-most watched program in the network's history.[4] The company has also produced a special for Discovery Channel and an episode for the National Geographic Channel's Naked Science series. As of 2008, SJP is working on its first feature documentary, Louder Than a Bomb, which follows four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they compete in the world's largest youth slam.[5]
References
- ↑ "Former Kurtis and Towers producers open their own docs-for-cable network company", ReelChicago.com (February 20, 2005).
- ↑ "BrewsterConnections" (PDF). Brewster Academy. Spring 2010. p. 10. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
A friend of [my uncle Gene Siskel] had just been made president of the Travel Channel and [Uncle Gene] suggested that I push my stories to him. …[I got hired] and I moved to L.A. ... .
- ↑ David Hinckley (September 11, 2008). "'102 Mins.' of the city's longest day", New York Daily News.
- ↑ Bill Gorman (September 15, 2008). "History Attracts Record Audience for 9/11 Special", TV by the Numbers blog.
- ↑ "About Us". Siskel/Jacobs Productions.
- Amy Wilschke. "Taking Care Of Business: Independent Film Producers Are Doing It For Themselves", Screen Magazine.
- "No commercials during History Channel’s Sept. 11 airing of Siskel/Jacobs’ archive-driven 9/11 doc", ReelChicago.com (September 2, 2008).