Jacob Woodward
Directing
Biography
Jacob Woodward attended John Paul the Great Catholic University and is in the graduating class of 2022. He studied Communications Media with a double emphasis in Production and Screenwriting. Upon graduating, he won the Cinematic Arts Award for his impactful storytelling while at the University. Jacob Woodward wrote and directed his senior project, The Purple Heart, which is a World War II Drama about forgiveness and loss. The 20 minute short film was produced on a $7,000 budget and won Best Short Film at LIFF. As a writer/director hybrid, he is a visual storyteller with the goal to craft content that is both entertaining and profound. In each script he writes, he searches for the humanity of each situation to tell a story that is personal to himself but universal to all.
Known For
A film about boy whose portrait comes to life and leads him to see life through a more colorful eye.
The Colorful Mind of Jayce Dean Parker
Two rival acting students are forced to reconcile their differences and play lovers Romeo and Juliet in their final school play, vying for a life-changing prize.
O, Brawling Love!
A bellhop balances the threat of being fired and working at his ex-girlfriend's wedding reception.
Old, New & Blue
A comedy short film about the bond between two sisters and the marriage that comes between them.
The Birdhouse
A successful concert pianist tries to save a faltering performance with his fiancée when he is confronted by his ex-wife and son.
Broken Notes
A soldier comes home with the weight of the world pinned to his chest.
The Purple Heart
A young man is haunted by a specter of his past.
Things Never Said
A college student investigates the moments leading up to her classmate's suicide.
A Short Film About Purgatory
A missing person's case is unraveled by a young, curious photographer.
Missing Persons
High school can feel like a gang war. In this crime-comedy film, it actually is one.
Brawls in the Stalls
Jack Green, an up and coming musician must face the ghosts that plague his past when an acid trip goes wrong in the middle of a show.
Cigarette Daydreams
Following the story of a son and his struggle with his father's dementia, "Younger Days" strives to illustrate what it means to be an artist through trial and tribulation. Throughout the story, the young artist tries to follow in his father's footsteps with his guitar. Receiving the opportunity to work with his father's old producer, the young artist attempts to win over his father through his music.
Younger Days
Two issues threaten a mother and her son: One, she has Alzheimer's and, two, he's not her son.
Zion's Ransom
Trapped in a decaying marriage, Monica turns to a strange radio that always seems to say the right thing. Static is a horror short set in the 1950s.