Director

Dani Jacobs

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 1603605

Known for: Directing

Born: April 16, 1963

Age: 63

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2002 - 2016

Years active: 15

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Editor (1)

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Biography

In 1986 Jacobs formed Swivel with three other partners as a video production company and creative team. Early music videos by Swivel included work for A Guy Called Gerald, James (band), The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Sundays and 808 State. In 1989 a small article in i-D Magazine helped draw more attention from major record labels and Jacobs moved back to London to set up the Swivel office concentrating on video production. In 1993 Jacobs directed videos for Tears for Fears,Texas and Steps and joined the American company Squeak Pictures. His subsequent career has included a wide variety of musical acts including, Moby, The Corrs, Gary Barlow, Midge Ure, Phil Collins and Cradle of Filth. Jacobs has also worked as an editor of music videos, commercials and television programs most notably on many recent shows featuring Derren Brown.

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