Gregory Jacobs

Career Jacobs has been active as an assistant director in his career for film directors such as the Coen brothers, Richard Linklater, Sayles, John Schlesinger and Steven Soderbergh. In 2004, Jacobs released Criminal, his first feature film as a director, which he also wrote the script and helped produce. His second project was Wind Chill, announced in October 2005. It premiered in 2007. In March 2014, it was reported that Jacobs would helm Magic Mike XXL, the sequel to the first film, with Soderbergh acting instead as an executive producer, cinematographer and film editor.

Awards For his involvement as one of the producers of Behind the Candelabra, Jacobs won an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, which he shared along with Jerry Weintraub, Susan Ekins and Michael Polaire. The same year, he was also the recipient of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series, as well as the PGA Award, Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2004 Criminal 2007 Wind Chill 2015 Magic Mike XXL Blackway

Producer only Full Frontal (2002) Eros (2004) (Segment "Equilibrium") Bubble (2005) The Good German (2006) The Girlfriend Experience (2009) The Informant! (2009) Contagion (2011) Haywire (2011) Magic Mike (2012) Side Effects (2013)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Logan Lucky (2017) The Laundromat (2019) Dog (2022) Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) Black Bag (2025)

Executive producer Solaris (2002) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Che (2008)

First assistant director Lonely Hearts (1991) Under Cover of Darkness (1992) Simple Men (1992) Family Prayers (1993) The Music of Chance (1993) King of the Hill (1993) Naked in New York (1993) Amateur (1994) The Underneath (1995) Pie in the Sky (1995) Eye for an Eye (1996) A Very Brady Sequel (1996) The Newton Boys (1998) Out of Sight (1998) I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) The Limey (1999) Erin Brockovich (2000) Price of Glory (2000) (Second unit) Traffic (2000) Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Second assistant director Tune in Tomorrow (1990) Miller's Crossing (1990) City of Hope (1991) Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991) Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) Little Man Tate (1991)

Assistant director Elliot Fauman, Ph.D. (1990) Foreign Student (1994) Goodbye Lover (1998)

Other credits Year Title Role 1989 Shag Additional second assistant director 1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Assistant production supervisor (Second unit) 1995 Before Sunrise Associate producer 2004 Ocean's Twelve Co-producer

Television Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2013 Behind the Candelabra TV movie 2014–15 The Knick 20 episodes 2014–17 Red Oaks 2023 Extrapolations Episode "2047: The Fifth Question" 2024 Apples Never Fall