Siskel/Jacobs Productions

Siskel/Jacobs Productions is a Chicago, Illinois-based documentary and film-production company.

History

Siskel/Jacobs Productions was founded in 2005 by filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs ^[1]

Works

The company produced the History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered on September 11, 2008^[2] and became the second-most watched program in the network's history.^[3] The company has also produced a special for Discovery Channel and an episode for the National Geographic Channel's Naked Science series. As of 2008, SJP is working on its first feature documentary, Louder Than a Bomb, which follows four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they compete in the world's largest youth slam.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Former Kurtis and Towers producers open their own docs-for-cable network company", ReelChicago.com (February 20, 2005).
2. ^ David Hinckley (September 11, 2008). "'102 Mins.' of the city's longest day", New York Daily News.
3. ^ Bill Gorman (September 15, 2008). "History Attracts Record Audience for 9/11 Special", TV by the Numbers blog.
4. ^ "About Us". Siskel/Jacobs Productions.

• Amy Wilschke. "Taking Care Of Business: Independent Film Producers Are Doing It For Themselves", Screen Magazine.
• "No commercials during History Channel’s Sept. 11 airing of Siskel/Jacobs’ archive-driven 9/11 doc", ReelChicago.com (September 2, 2008).