Sarah Jacobson

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Sarah Jacobson (born 1971-08-25 Norwalk, CT; died 2004-02-13 New York City, NY) was a independent filmmaker, writing, producing, and filming her own movies.

After studying with George Kuchar, Jacobson began making her first film while in her early twenties. Sarah Jacobson's two major releases were I Was a Teenage Serial Killer and Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore. Both were very well-received at film festivals across North America, such as the Chicago Underground Film Festival and Sundance. I Was a Teenage Serial Killer featured songs by Riot Grrrl band Heavens to Betsy and Jacobson's films were particularly admired within this community. She was listed in Spin Magazine as one of the "Top Influences on Girl Culture." [1] Also outspoken in their praise were film critic Roger Ebert, filmmaker Allison Anders and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.[2] Ed Halter, writing in the Village Voice, considered I Was A Teenage Serial Killer,"...a key film of that decade's angrily subversive underground cinema."[3]

As a result of the success of her first film, Jacobson was an important champion of the DIY approach to filmmaking and wrote for several publications, including Punk Planet, Grand Royal, San Francisco Bay Guardian and Indiewire on the topic. She was a contributor to the film zine, Joanie4Jackie, a project created by Miranda July to showcase womens' independently made and DIY films. Jacobson was also a participant in DiY Fest, a do-it-yourself travelling film festival. In 2000. she directed a short documentary about the cult film Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains for the IFC television channel's show Split Screen. The same year Sarah Jacobson was featured in a cameo role in the independent film God Ass by Esther Bell.

She had just completed writing the screenplay for her next film when Jacobson died of uterine cancer in 2004.

[edit] Filmography

  • I Was a Teenage Serial Killer (1993)
  • Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1997)
  • The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (2000)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adams, Sam. "The Virgin Machine", The City Paper, January 7–14, 1999.
  2. ^ Sarah Jacobson Memorials. Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (2004). Retrieved on 2006-12-16.
  3. ^ Halter, Ed (2004). Sarah Jacobson 1971-2004. Village Voice. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.

[edit] External links

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