Clayton Jacobson

Clayton Jacobson is an Australian film director, writer, producer, actor, musician, and editor. His debut feature film was Kenny, which was released in 2006 in Australia to critical acclaim, winning a number of awards. He has acted in a number of films, including Animal Kingdom.

Early life and education Clayton Jacobson is the brother of Kenny actor Shane Jacobson.

He graduated from the Swinburne Film & TV School.

Career Jacobson began his career editing music videos and features films. He then directed music videos, television commercials, and short films until making his debut as a feature film director with Kenny in 2006.

Jacobson first had the idea of improving the green screen technology in use for filming special effects when filming a TV ad for detergent in 2003. Watching his son playing videogames and seeing the 3D technology used in them gave him the basic idea for developing on-set virtual production. In 2016, Jacobson and his son made one of the first prototypes for a virtual production stage in their shed, using a set of LED screens. However, he could not get anyone to take an interest in developing the technology further, so gave up on it. Other filmmakers had also caught on to the idea though, and in 2018 Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser used the technology to film the Star Wars franchise spin-off series, The Mandalorian (released 2019).

Awards and nominations

Kenny Kenny received several awards and nominations, including: 2006: Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards Nominated - Best Film (Clayton Jacobson, Rohan Timlock), Best Direction (Clayton Jacobson), Best Original Screenplay (Shane Jacobson, Clayton Jacobson), Best Editing (Clayton Jacobson, Sean Lander), Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Jacobson); Won - Best Lead Actor (Shane Jacobson); 2006: Film Critics Circle of Australia Won - Best Actor (Shane Jacobson), Best Original Screenplay; Nominated: Best Film, Best Director; 2006: IF Awards Won - Best Feature Film, Best Script (Clayton Jacobson, Shane Jacobson), Best Sound (Craig Carter, Peter Smith), Box Office Achievement; Nominated - Best Director (Clayton Jacobson), Best Editing (Clayton Jacobson, Sean Lander) Brothers' Nest Brothers' Nest (2020), directed by Jacobson, was nominated for the inaugural AACTA Award for Best Indie Film in the 8th edition of the AACTA Awards.

Personal life Jacobson plays double bass in the Appalachian folk band the Duck Downpickers.

Filmography Jacobson has been involved in the making of the following films:

As director, producer, and writer YearFilmTypeCredited as Director Writer Producer 1994 EnvironMental Short Film 2001 Tickler Short Film 2002 I Love U Short Film 2002 Tanaka Short Film 2006 Kenny Feature Film 2008 Kenny's World Television Series 2009 Mordy Koots Web Series 2018 Brothers' Nest Feature Film 2019 Mr. Black Television Series

As editor

YearFilmNotes 1989 Houseboat Horror

As actor YearFilmRoleType 1988 Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Feature film 2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Repo Man Feature film 2001 Tickler Man 2003 Buried Angus Short film 2003 Ned Kelly Sullivan Feature film 2003 Roundabout Paramedic 1 Short film 2003 Take Away Waster 2 Feature film 2005 The Illustrated Family Doctor Phil Feature film 2005 Blacktown Clayton Feature film 2006 The Water Diary Lunch Guest Short film 2006 Kenny David Smyth Feature film 2010 Animal Kingdom Gus Emery Feature film 2017 Top of the Lake Adrian Butler TV series, season 2, episode: "China Girl" 2018 Upgrade Manny Feature film 2018 Brothers' Nest Jeff Feature film 2019 Metro Sexual Bruce the Bikie 2025 Cook Serve Forever Baz Video game