Jake Helgren | |
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![]() Jake Helgren in 2023 | |
Born | Jacob Helgren November 28, 1981 |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
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Jake Helgren (born November 28, 1981, in Elgin, Texas) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter. [1]
Helgren studied creative writing at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. [1]
Helgren has thrice been nominated for GLAAD Media Awards: in 2020 for Dashing in December as Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series, in 2023 for A Christmas to Treasure in the renamed category Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV, [2] and in 2024 for The Holiday Exchange in the same category. [3]
Helgren is gay; [4] about Dashing in December, he said he wrote and directed the film as an Americana romance and a "love letter to the ending" he wanted in Brokeback Mountain . [5]