Jacob Pincus

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jacob Pincus is a filmmaker, artist, and organizer living in Los Angeles, CA. After dropping out of USC film school, Pincus began working on his first feature documentary, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing Here, about a road trip through Northern Romania with his dear friend in search of her lost family history. Pincus owns Cove Films, a film production company, and is the executive director of Our Art Fund Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding artists and their work. When not filmmaking, Pincus serves as the Assistant Producer at New Theater Hollywood, presenting various forms of live performance work with renowned artists and theatermakers from around the world. He recently served as the Assistant Director for an original play that world premiered at the REDCAT theater in L.A. and was the DoP for a video-art installation commissioned by Kunsthalle Basel.