Siskel/Jacobs Productions Explained

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] Siskel is the nephew of film critic Gene Siskel.^[2]

Works

The company produced the History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered on September 11, 2008^[3] and became the second-most watched program in the network's history.^[4] The company has also produced a special for Discovery Channel and an episode for the National Geographic Channel's Naked Science series. In 2008, SJP is worked 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.^[5]

References

• 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).

Notes and References

1. "Former Kurtis and Towers producers open their own docs-for-cable network company", ReelChicago.com (February 20, 2005).
2. Web site: Spring 2010 . BrewsterConnections . 11 October 2012 . Brewster Academy . 10 . A friend of [my uncle Gene Siskel] had just been made president of the Travel Channel and [Uncle Gene] suggested that I push my stories to him. …[I got hired] and I moved to L.A. ... ..
3. David Hinckley (September 11, 2008). "'102 Mins.' of the city's longest day", New York Daily News.
4. Bill Gorman (September 15, 2008). "History Attracts Record Audience for 9/11 Special", TV by the Numbers blog.
5. "About Us ". Siskel/Jacobs Productions.