Michael J. Jacobs (born 25 May 1952 in London, England) is an English photojournalist turned feature film director and motion picture studio owner. Michael Jacobs has over four decades of professional experience as a

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

. Assignments have taken him to nearly 70 countries, in every continent. During the

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Michael spent two years as a photojournalist and aircrewman in the U.S. Navy's elite Combat Camera Group. He later documented the opening of the new

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. With over thirty years photographing the entertainment industry, he has worked on more than 200 film, television, video and music productions. His photographic collection contains nearly two million images. Of these, more than 10,000 images and 500 articles have been published. In 2004, along with his wife Ruby Handler Jacobs, they relocated to

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to assist in growing the fledgling film business. In 2005, he made his debut at the helm of award-winning '' Crab Orchard'' (now titled Sheeba) starring

Edward Asner Eddie Asner (; November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is best remembered for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' an ...

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and Ruby Handler Jacobs.

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* * * 1952 births Living people English film directors English photojournalists {{UK-film-director-stub