James Jacoby

Director, Producer, Correspondent

James Jacoby is an award-winning director, producer and correspondent for FRONTLINE. His films have investigated a range of topics from police reform in urban America to the lives of former prisoners at Guantanamo to the rollback of environmental protections to the tech giants.

In the past year, James directed three FRONTLINE films: “Netanyahu, America and the Road to War in Gaza”, “Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover”, and “Age of Easy Money,” FRONTLINE’s most-streamed documentary of 2023.

Previously, James won an Emmy for “Amazon Empire” — a two hour film that investigated how Jeff Bezos transformed Amazon from an online bookseller into a business empire that is...

Location:

New York

Languages:

English, French

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