Evan Jacobs
Biography
Evan Jacobs (born 1964 in Michigan) is an American visual effects and 3D stereoscopic supervisor. Jacobs has overseen visual effects and served as miniatures supervisor on feature films such as Olympus Has Fallen, Ed Wood, What the #$*! Do We Know?!, and Resident Evil: Extinction.
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.
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 and 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. In 2007, Jacobs supervised visual effects for Resident Evil: Extinction and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Jacobs was recognised for his work on Ben 10: Race Against Time and Ben 10: Alien Swarm, both of which were nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects by the Visual Effects Society.
In 2010, Jacobs was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for his work on Ben 10: Alien Swarm. Previously, in 1998, Jacobs was also nominated for HBO's From the Earth to the Moon.
Jacobs is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Producers Guild of America and the Visual Effects Society. He was a part-time instructor for the Entertainment Studies Extension Program at 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 Ballistic Publishing. In 2008, he took part in the Visual Amalgam Art Show at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, California. He has also directed short films.
Evan Jacobs married Script Supervisor and Assistant Director, Clara Gheorghiu, on March 22, 2008, in Napa Valley, California. They have two children together.
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