Jacob Kornbluth is an award winning writer and director of two feature films: “HAIKU TUNNEL” with Josh Kornbluth, and “THE BEST THIEF IN THE WORLD” with Mary-Louise Parker. Both films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. “HAIKU” was released by Sony Pictures’ Classics in 2001 — September 11, 2001 was its premiere, if you can believe that — and “THE BEST THIEF” was made and released by Showtime Independent Films in 2005. He was a fellow at the Sundance Screenwriting Labs twice, and the Sundance Directing lab once.
Jacob started his career as a writer and director in the theater. He collaborated on and directed three successful solo shows in San Francisco. “THE MOISTURE SEEKERS”, “PUMPING COPY” (both with Josh Kornbluth), and “THE FACE BY THE DOOR” (with Christina Robbins). All three were nominated for or won “Best Of The Bay” awards and successfully toured the country, and a later version of “THE MOISTURE SEEKERS” (called “Red Diaper Baby”) has been included in anthologies of the best one man shows of the 90’s.
