Alex Jacob

Director, Assistant Director

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What I do: I have spent 15 years working as an Assistant Director in TV drama from the bollocks to the best.
Company: AJJ Films Ltd
Website: www.alexjacob.co.uk
Technical Skills: Final Cut Express, Directing, Shouting, Movie Magic, Bad Jokes
Resources / Expertise: As above
Availability: Paid Work or Collaboration

Films I wish I had made: Leon, Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire
I cried watching: It's A Wonderful Life, Annie
I left the cinema during: Never Have, however bad
Directors I love: Danny Boyle
Actors I admire: It would be easier to name the one's I don't.
Writers I respect: All. It's often a thankless task I cannot do myself. Simply making the effort deserves respect.
My desert island discs: As long as it is not Five Star I don't mind
Books I have given my friends: My Sharpe novels. Mike - give them back.
My death row meal: Won't ever need it. They'll never take me alive.
The best thing I own: I can't strictly put them in an 'possession' category but that would be my wife and children. Oh... and my Battlestar Galactica DVD's. In fact, just the BSG.