Matthew Jacobson
Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Film
The University of Kansas
Oldfather Studios
1621 W. 9th Street, Room 212
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 785-864-1348
Fax: 785-331-2671
Email

Fall 2008 semester
Office hours:
TBA
Courses:
- TH&F 475/875 Intermediate Video Production (#28910/29028)
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Matthew Jacobson is an Associate Professor in the Film Area of the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas. He primarily teaches Film and Video Production classes, including Intermediate and Advanced Film and Video Production, as well as Experimental Film and Video Production. He has been teaching at the University of Kansas since August of 1999.

Matt received his M.F.A. in Film and Video Production from the University of Southern California in 1991. He worked in the film and video industry in Los Angeles for the next seven years, working with directors and actors like Bryan Singer, Denise Richards, Hilary Swank, and Paul Walker.

He began teaching part-time at his undergraduate alma mater, the California State University at Los Angeles, in 1996, and taught full-time at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) from 1998-1999. He has received two awards in recognition of his teaching accomplishments at KU: the Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2004) and the CTE Award for Undergraduate Departmental Teaching Excellence (2002).

In addition to teaching, Matt is also a cinematographer, producer, and director, with over 50 feature film and video credits to his name. As Director of Photography, Matt’s latest project is CSA: Confederate States of America, a feature film that was chosen to screen at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and which will be released theatrically by IFP Films in 2005. Matt also shot a feature-length documentary, Bukowski: Born Into This, which screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and was released theatrically in 2004 by Monarch Films. He continues to work in the Industry while teaching, keeping "up-to-date" on the latest in digital production and post-production techniques and equipment. He is currently shooting several television documentaries for Kurtis Productions and the Learning Channel .

He is a frequent collaborator with faculty in the Theatre Area at the University of Kansas, producing several original video projects for incorporation into shows like The Waltz Project (2002), The Magic Flute (2003), and Lulu (2003). (The video elements from Lulu received a 2004 ACTF Region V Certificate of Merit).

Matt is currently the Faculty Advisor for KU Filmworks, the student production society for the University of Kansas. In this position, he has served as Executive Producer for the Kansas Association of Broadcasters award-winning series, Out of Focus. He also serves as the Faculty Advisor for internships in the Film Area, placing Film Area students with local, regional, and national film and video companies.

More information about Matt's professional work is available on the Internet at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414896/.