Jacob Cooney

Jacob Cooney

additional crew, director, writer

Jacob Cooney was born on Nov 22, 1981 in USA. Jacob Cooney's big-screen debut came with The Majestic directed by Frank Darabont in 2001. Jacob Cooney is known for Merry Ex-Mas directed by Jacob Cooney, Vanessa Angel stars as Emma and Jason London as Carl. The upcoming new movie Jacob Cooney plays is Merry Ex-Mas which will be released on Nov 18, 2022.

An award-winning filmmaker, Jacob most recently directed the feature films "Secrets by the Shore" for MarVista Entertainment/Lifetime, "The Junkyard Dogs" for Verdi Productions/VMI, and the short film "Crystal Ball" for Uncork'd Entertainment's newest horror anthology "Tales from the Other Side" -- all of which will be released in 2022.Previous directing credits include the feature films "Pitching Tents" for Meritage Pictures (released theatrically in 2017); "Blood Circus" for Gravitas Ventures; "The Assault" for Grindstone Entertainment/Lionsgate; "Alpha House" for Broken Films; "Fierce Friend" for Wonder Entertainment; television pilots "Harries Way" for Lawrence/Long Productions and "Rehab for Rejects" for Sledgehammer Films; and short films "The Frolic" (Cannes Film Festival selection), "Rocco", "Bedlam", and "The War of Game".Jacob's films have garnered much praise and have been official selections in film festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, LA International Film Festival, Ain't It Cool News - Saturday Shorts, Shriekfest, Dead by Dawn, Dances with Films, World Horror Convention, FantasyCon, Eerie Horror Fest, Beverly Hills Film Festival, Dreadit Film Fest, Fear Fete Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Festival and many others.Writing credits include the films "The Book of Alan" for Pantheon Entertainment; "The Banishing" for Haven Entertainment; "Isle of the Dead" for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; "Secrets by the Shore" for MarVista Entertainment/Lifetime; "The Junkyard Dogs" for Verdi Productions; "Titanic 666" for Tubi; "Apocalypse Pompeii", "Age of Tomorrow", "Flight 42, "Flight 666" and "Bitten" for the SyFy Channel; "Blue Line" for Lionsgate Entertainment; "Alpha House" for Broken Films; "Want" for State Street Pictures; "Illuminating Preston" for Zeeworks Entertainment; and the television pilot "The Lakes" for Lionsgate Television.

  • Birthday

    Nov 22, 1981
  • Place of Birth

    Fortuna, California, USA
  • Also known

    Jacob Elias Cooney, Jake Cooney

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