Jacob Aaron Estes

Jacob Aaron Estes (born September 6, 1972 in Tulare County , California ) is an American film director and screenwriter who became internationally known for films such as Mean Creek and The Details .

life and career

Jacob Aaron Estes, born in 1972 in Tulare County, California, has worked in the film business as a director and screenwriter since 2001, initially for the short film Summoning , three years later in 2004 with his directorial debut Mean Creek , for which he also wrote the screenplay. also for the big screen. The independent production Mean Creek , which starred Rory Culkin , Ryan Kelley and Scott Mechlowicz , premiered at the Sundance Film Festival , where it won the Humanitas Prize , and was later shown at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, which was distributed by Paramount Classics, also received the Independent Spirit Award in the John Cassavetes Award in 2005 . In 2005 Estes wrote the screenplay for Rick Rosenthal's romantic comedy Nearing Grace . In 2011 Estes directed his second feature film, The Details , a black comedy starring Tobey Maguire . In 2014 he also became active as a producer for the crime drama 7 Minutes . He then worked on the script for Rings (2017).

Estes is married to Gretchen Lieberum.

Awards

2004: Deauville Film Festival Award nomination in the Grand Special Prize category for Mean Creek
2004: Film Fest Gent Award nomination in the Grand Prix category for Mean Creek
2004: Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Directorial Debut for Mean Creek
2004: Sundance Film Festival -Award in the category Humanitas Prize for Mean Creek
2005: Independent Spirit Award in the John Cassavetes Award category for Mean Creek with producers Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal and Hagai Shaham

Filmography

As a director

2001: Summoning (short film)
2004: Mean Creek
2011: The Details
2019: Don't Let Go

As a screenwriter

2001: Summoning (short film)
2004: Mean Creek
2005: Nearing Grace
2011: The Details
2017: Rings
2019: Don't Let Go

As a producer

2014: 7 minutes

literature

Jacob Aaron Estes. In: Roger Ebert : Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007. , Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2013, limited preview in the Google book search

Web links

Jacob Aaron Estes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Filmography by Jacob Aaron Estes in: The New York Times
Films by Jacob Aaron Estes with German distribution titles , Zweauusendundeins
Interview with Jacob Aaron Estes , YouTube

Individual evidence

↑ Tatiana Siegel: David Fincher to Produce Thriller 'IOU,' 'Mean Creek's' Jacob Aaron Estes Directing (Exclusive). In: The Hollywood Reporter . June 25, 2012, accessed December 30, 2015 .
^ AO Scott: Mean Creek (2003). Film Review: When a Lesson Taught Turns Into a Lesson Learned. In: The New York Times . August 20, 2004, accessed December 30, 2015 .
^ Jacob Aaron Estes In: Film-Dienst, Volume 58, Issues 8-13. , Catholic Institute for Media Information, 2005, p. 2018
↑ Stephen Holden: Relentless Raccoons and Other Suburban Problems Money Can't Always Fix. Tobey Maguire stars in 'The Details'. In: The New York Times . November 1, 2012, accessed December 30, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Estes, Jacob Aaron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tulare County , California , United States

[1] Tatiana Siegel: David Fincher to Produce Thriller 'IOU,' 'Mean Creek's' Jacob Aaron Estes Directing (Exclusive). In: The Hollywood Reporter . June 25, 2012, accessed December 30, 2015 .

[2] AO Scott: Mean Creek (2003). Film Review: When a Lesson Taught Turns Into a Lesson Learned. In: The New York Times . August 20, 2004, accessed December 30, 2015 .

[3] Jacob Aaron Estes In: Film-Dienst, Volume 58, Issues 8-13. , Catholic Institute for Media Information, 2005, p. 2018

[4] Stephen Holden: Relentless Raccoons and Other Suburban Problems Money Can't Always Fix. Tobey Maguire stars in 'The Details'. In: The New York Times . November 1, 2012, accessed December 30, 2015 .