Jacob Aaron Estes

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Jacob Aaron Estes
BornSeptember 6, 1972 (1972-09-06) (age 52)
Tulare County, California, U.S.
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, film director
Known for Mean Creek
Spouse Gretchen Lieberum

Jacob Aaron Estes (born September 6, 1972) is an American screenwriter and film director known for his films Mean Creek , The Details and Don't Let Go.

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Career

Estes was a theatre major at the University of California, Santa Cruz. [1] After that, he went to film school at AFI. [1] Estes also attended the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, which produced two of his plays, Free Lessons and Mean Creek. [1] [2] Estes turned Mean Creek into a screenplay, which became his feature film debut as writer and director in 2004. [3] In his first offering as writer-director, he gained critical acclaim, receiving nominations at various film festivals and winning the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. [4]

His second film as writer/director came with the 2011 film The Details , [5] which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival [6] and stars Tobey Maguire, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert, Kerry Washington, and Elizabeth Banks. In 2019, Estes co-wrote and directed the Blumhouse thriller Don't Let Go starring David Oyelowo and Storm Reid.

Personal life

Estes is married to musician Gretchen Lieberum. [1]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2001SummoningYesYesNoShort film
2004 Mean Creek YesYesNo John Cassavetes Award winner [7]
2005 Nearing Grace NoYesNo
2011 The Details YesYesNo
2014 7 Minutes NoNoYes
2015BromanceNoNoNoSpecial thanks
2017 Rings NoYesNoCo-write with David Loucka and Akiva Goldsman
2019 Don't Let Go YesYesNo
2022 He's Watching YesYesYes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kushner, Zach (September 24, 2012). "GET THE DETAILS FROM DIRECTOR JACOB AARON ESTES: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW & TRAILER". Stand By for Mind Control. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jacob Aaron Estes". doollee.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Armstrong, Derek. "Review: Mean Creek". AllMovie . Retrieved February 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Spirit Awards Toasts 'Sideways' With Sweep of Six Major Categories". Los Angeles Times . February 27, 2005.
  5. ↑ Holden, Stephen (November 2012). "Relentless Raccoons and Other Suburban Problems Money Can't Always Fix". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Greenberg, James (January 26, 2011). "SUNDANCE REVIEW: 'The Details' Is a Rom-com That Becomes Something Much Darker". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sideways Wins Six at Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire . February 28, 2005. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013.
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