Jacob Fertig is a nonfiction producer and director, working across shorts, features and interactive media. His films have played at festivals including SXSW, Hot Docs, AFI, NOFF and Doc10, and been published by Scientific American and New York Magazine. He has been a featured speaker and panelist at SXSW and NYU, and selected pitcher at Big Sky Pitch, Edinburgh Pitch, Ji.hlava New Visions Forum, AFO Camp 4Science and AIDC. His archival producing work spans museums to magazines, including permanent exhibits at Ellis Island and The Holocaust Center. His projects have received support from Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, Tribeca Institute, Doc Society, Jewish Story Partners, Amnesty International, Forensic Architecture and Docs by the Sea. He is a former Doc Society Art & Impact Fellow, Full Frame Fellow, NYU Feature Development Studio Fellow and a Senior Fellow at Humanity in Action. He holds a BFA in Film & Television from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and an MPA in Public Policy from NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Jacob is Co-Founder of Denizen Studios in New York.