Jonathan JakubowiczFILMMAKER

Jonathan Jakubowicz is an award-winning filmmaker from Caracas, Venezuela. He attended NYFA New York, graduating from our 4-Week Filmmaking Program in 1997. Jakubowicz made his directorial debut in 2000 with Ships of Hope, a film he also wrote. In 2002, he wrote, directed, and produced the short film Distance.

Jakubowicz then wrote, directed, and produced Secuestro express (2004), a crime drama starring Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux, and Ruben Blades. From 2011 to 2013, he directed 16 episodes of the TV series Fugitives (originally titled “Prófugos” in Spanish). Notably, the drama stars Nestor Cantillana, Benjamin Vicuña, and Luis Gnecco as the titular characters traveling across Chile from north to south. 

In 2016, Jakubowicz wrote, directed, and produced the film Hands of Stone. The sports biography stars Edgar Ramírez as boxer Roberto Durán, Robert De Niro as his legendary trainer Ray Arcel, and Usher as Durán’s legendary rival, Sugar Ray Leonard. 

More recently, Jakubowicz wrote, directed, and produced Resistance (2020). This historical drama tells the story of mime Marcel Marceau (played by Jesse Eisenberg) and how Marceau saved ten thousand orphans during World War II. He is currently working on an untitled film starring Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez.

Snapshot:
Program Studied at NYFA: Filmmaking
Program Type: 4-Week Filmmaking
Year Attended/Graduated: 1997
Location: New York

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