Jake Jakubowski
Jake Jakubowski is an American director of documentaries best known for the film The Mayor: A Chronicle of Williams Syndrome, with Josh Duffy.
Early Life and Education
Jakubowski was born on September 16, 1973 at Lancaster General Hospital in Pennsylvania, under the name David Crnkovich. He was born with the birth defect clubfoot and underwent three surgeries to get his feet straight. At the age of seven, along with his two siblings, he was adopted into the Jakubowski family. Now with the name David Jakubowski (Jake-ah-bow-ski), he took his family's nickname as his stage name; Jake Jakubowski.
In 1992 Jakubowski graduated at the age of 18 from Simsbury High School, in Simsbury, Connecticut. From 1998 through 1999, Under the tutelage of Professor Robert Kagan, he studied video editing at Manchester Community College in Connecticut.
Career
Video
- 1992, director of local Public-access television show of Simsbury, Connecticut Board of Directors meetings.
- 1999, video editor for WFSB Channel 3 in Connecticut.
- 2000, director of a local shopping television show that aired on cable for Cox Media Group (Formerly Cable Rep Advertising). The title of the show was
The Cox Shopping Kart
. - 2001-2006, Producer, director and video editor of local television commercials in the {Hartford, Connecticut region, with the company Cox Media Group.
- 2008-2012, worked as a video editor for Edible Arrangements at their corporate headquarters in Wallingford, Connecticut editing training videos.
Web Design
- 1998-2012, freelance web designer under the name iCONN Creations located in Connecticut.
- 2015-2022, freelance web designer under the name Maine Street Web Design located in Maine.
Documentaries
In 2022 Jakubowski started producing and directing documentaries. His first film is titled The Mayor and is available free on YouTube
Image | Year | Title | Role |
2022 | The Mayor: A Chronicle of Williams Syndrome, with Josh Duffy |
Director |